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Definition of throw out phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

throw out

phrasal verb
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throw somebody out (of…)
  1. to force somebody to leave a place
    • You'll be thrown out if you don't pay the rent.
throw something out
  1. to say something in a way that suggests you have not given it a lot of thought
    • to throw out a suggestion
  2. to decide not to accept a proposal, an idea, etc.
  3. (also throw something away)
    to get rid of something that you no longer want
  4. to produce smoke, light, heat, etc.
    • a small fire that threw out a lot of heat
  5. to confuse something or make it wrong
    • Our calculations of the cost of our trip were thrown out by changes in the exchange rate.
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