- cast out
- verb1. expel from a community or group• Derivationally related forms: ↑blackball (for: ↑blackball), ↑ostracism (for: ↑ostracise), ↑ostracism (for: ↑ostracize), ↑banishment (for: ↑banish)• Verb Frames:-
Somebody ——s somebody
2. throw or cast away-Put away your worries
• Syn:↑discard, ↑fling, ↑toss, ↑toss out, ↑toss away, ↑chuck out, ↑cast aside, ↑dispose, ↑throw out, ↑throw away, ↑cast 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 verbchiefly Scotland : to fall out : quarrelhe cast out with his brother
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cast out (Scot)To quarrel• • •Main Entry: ↑cast* * *
ˌcast ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they cast out he/she/it casts out present participle casting out past tense cast out past participle cast out] literary phrasal verbto force someone or something to leave a placeThesaurus: to force someone to leave a placesynonymMain entry: cast* * *
cast out [phrasal verb]cast out (someone or something) or cast (someone or something) out : to force (someone or something) to go awayHe was cast out of [=expelled from] the tribe.
They tried to cast out the spirits from the haunted house.
• • •Main Entry: ↑cast
Useful english dictionary. 2012.