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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfling somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb British English informal1 LEAVE A PLACEto make someone leave a place when they do not want to SYN throw somebody/something out of He was flung out of school for swearing at a teacher.2 GET RID OFto get rid of something you no longer want or need SYN throw something out If it doesn’t work, just fling it out. → fling→ See Verb table
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fling out• Everett flung both arms out briefly to free his shirt from his damp skin.• After wrestling the door open, she charged to the railing and flung the chicken out into the street.• I grabbed her arm and flung it out of the window.• I was required to fling myself out on a rope and shimmy down, in the best Errol Flynn swashbuckling style.fling of• I grabbed her arm and flung it out of the window.
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