- cast away
- verbthrow or cast away-
Put away your worries
• Syn:↑discard, ↑fling, ↑toss, ↑toss out, ↑toss away, ↑chuck out, ↑cast aside, ↑dispose, ↑throw out, ↑cast out, ↑throw away, ↑put away• Derivationally related forms: ↑disposition (for: ↑dispose), ↑disposal (for: ↑dispose), ↑fling (for: ↑fling), ↑discard (for: ↑discard)• Hypernyms: ↑get rid of, ↑remove• Hyponyms:↑unlearn, ↑deep-six, ↑give it the deep six, ↑jettison, ↑trash, ↑junk, ↑scrap, ↑waste, ↑dump, ↑retire, ↑abandon, ↑sell out, ↑sell up, ↑liquidize, ↑de-access, ↑close out• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
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transitive verb1. : to waste wantonly : squander2. : wreckcast away a ship
: throw upon the shore as a survivor of a shipwrecka man cast away on a desert island
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cast away1. To wreck2. To waste• • •Main Entry: ↑cast* * *
cast away [phrasal verb]cast away (someone) or cast (someone) away : to leave (someone) alone somewhere (such as on an island) as a result of a storm, shipwreck, etc.— usually used as (be) cast awayThe crew was cast away on a desert island.
see also ↑castaway• • •Main Entry: ↑cast
Useful english dictionary. 2012.