throw out

Speech parts

1. throw out - Noun

2. throw out - Verb

Meaning

bring forward for consideration or acceptance

remove from a position or office

throw or cast away

cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration

force to leave or move out

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

throw-out

Synonyms

expel kick out dismiss toss discard dispose eject oust fling cast away cast aside throw away cast out put away toss out
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Antonyms

award support back bear accept agree
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Hypernyms

move remove suggest propose advise displace

Hyponyms

shun turn-out bar waste deliver ban

Derivatives

threw out throwing out Thrown out throws out

Examples

Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window. Steve Wozniak

I fear we might be losing the basic human facility to be alone - and with that you throw out independent decision-making, what to trust, what not to trust; key stuff - a perilous loss. Dylan Moran

Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I'm taking with me when I go. Erma Bombeck

Don't throw out the dirty water until you have the clean water in. Irish Proverb

Don't throw out the old pot until you have the tinker makes a new one. Zimbabwe Proverb

Don't throw out the baby with the bath water. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

throw oneself at throw oneself into throw open throw out of gear throw out of kilter throw out the baby with the bath water