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throw away

verb

  1. to dispose of
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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: From throw + away. First attested in the late 14c.

  1. To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.

    He wanted to throw away the cup, but he couldn't find a trash can.

    Don't throw the newspaper away, it goes in the recycle bin!

  2. To waste, to squander.

    Voting for a third-party candidate sometimes feels like throwing your vote away.

    The team threw away its chance at the semifinals.

  3. To intentionally throw an incomplete pass.
  4. To give lightly, in an offhand manner.

    As Gilly plays sitcom wife, reading aloud from a book while Sam tries to read his own across the table, she throws away a line about someone named Maynard once having annulled the marriage of someone named Prince Raggar and remarrying him in the same ceremony in Dorne.