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Definition of throw out phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

throw out

 phrasal verb
phrasal verb
 
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Phrasal Verbs

throw somebodyout (of…)

 
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to force someone to leave a place You'll be thrown out if you don't pay the rent.

    throw somethingout

     
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  1. 1to say something in a way that suggests you have not given it a lot of thought to throw out a suggestion
  2. 2to decide not to accept a proposal, an idea, etc.
  3. 3= throw somethingaway
  4. 4to produce smoke, light, heat, etc. a small fire that threw out a lot of heat
  5. 5to confuse something or make it wrong Our calculations of the cost of our trip were thrown out by changes in the exchange rate.
See throw out in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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