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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthrow somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb1 GET RID OFto get rid of something that you do not want or need We usually throw out all our old magazines.2 LEAVE A PLACELEAVE A RELATIONSHIPto make someone leave a place, school, or organization, especially because they have done something that is against the rules Nick got thrown out of college in the second year for taking drugs. I knew he would never throw us out on the street (=make us leave our home when we have nowhere else to live).3 REJECT/NOT ACCEPTif people throw out a plan or suggestion, they refuse to accept it The idea was thrown out by the committee. The bill was thrown out by the Senate.4 MAKEif something throws out smoke, heat, dust etc, it produces a lot of it and fills the air with it huge trucks throwing out noxious fumes from their exhausts → throw→ See Verb table
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throw out• Perhaps a community like this resented outsiders and would always try to throw them out?• Which she did in a scene familiar from countless romantic comedies: She throws him out, followed by his suitcase.• Only then did he throw his arms out in dismay.• Elections are invaluable, however, for providing the people with a peaceful way of throwing politicians out of office.• I threw you out of the dining room?• After a bitter argument when Albee was a teen-ager, she threw him out of the house.• The new machine - which is thought to go under the name Sport - Cruiser - throws that out of the window.• That does not mean that we have to throw the baby out with the bath water.throw ... out on the street• When that was discovered she had been thrown out on the streets, and subsequently forced to live in a brothel.
From Longman Business Dictionarythrow something → out phrasal verb [transitive]1to get rid of something that you do not want or needThey are throwing out their old mainframe computers.2to decide not to accept a plan, suggestion, or legal decisionThe appeals court threw out the verdict.The bill was thrown out by the Senate. → throw→ See Verb table
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