throw something away
1‘he decided to throw away his textbooks and get some practical experience’
SINÓNIMOS
discard, throw out, dispose of, get rid of, do away with, toss out, scrap, throw on the scrapheap, clear out, remove, dispense with, lose, eliminate, dump, unload, jettison, shed, dismiss, expel, eject, weed out, root out
recycle, break up, demolish, write off
coloquial chuck, chuck away, chuck out, ditch, bin, junk, get shut of
Britanico coloquial get shot of, see the back of
Norteamericano coloquial trash, shuck off, wreck
2‘Cambridge threw away a 15–0 lead’
SINÓNIMOS
squander, waste, fritter away, dissipate, run through, fail to exploit, make poor use of, lose, let slip
coloquial blow, chuck something down the drain, pour something down the drain
throw up
‘she threw up in the gutter’
SINÓNIMOS
vomit, retch
cough up, bring up, regurgitate
heave, gag
Britanico be sick
Norteamericano get sick
coloquial puke, chunder, chuck up, hurl, spew, do the technicolor yawn, keck
Britanico coloquial honk, sick up, vom
Scottish coloquial boke
Norteamericano coloquial spit up, barf, upchuck, toss one's cookies, blow chunks
throw something together
‘I'm sorry about the tuna salad, I just sort of threw it together’
SINÓNIMOS
improvise, contrive, devise, throw together, cobble together, concoct, rig, jury-rig, put together
Britanico coloquial knock up
coloquial whip up, fix up, rustle up
throw something on
‘she threw on her clothes’
SINÓNIMOS
put on quickly, pull on, drag on, don quickly, slip into
throw someone off
‘she thought she had thrown off her pursuer’
SINÓNIMOS
shake off, get away from, escape, elude, give someone the slip, leave behind, throw off the scent, dodge, lose, get rid of, rid oneself of
outdistance, outstrip
Britanico coloquial get shot of
throw someone out
‘Jim was thrown out when he climbed on to the stage’
SINÓNIMOS
expel, eject, evict, drive out, force out, oust, remove
remove from office, remove from power, get rid of, depose, topple, unseat, overthrow, bring down, overturn, put out, drum out, thrust out, push out, turn out
dismiss, dislodge, displace, supplant, show someone the door
banish, deport, exile
coloquial boot out, kick out, give someone the boot, defenestrate
Britanico coloquial turf out
throw something up
‘throwing up his career would have meant the end of financial support’
SINÓNIMOS
give up, abandon, relinquish, resign, resign from, leave, eschew, abdicate
coloquial quit, chuck, pack in, jack in
throw something off
‘he shrugged, trying to throw off the pain’
SINÓNIMOS
get rid of, cast off, discard, shake off, drop, jettison, free oneself of, rid oneself of
throw someone over
‘he's going to throw you over for your sister’
SINÓNIMOS
abandon, leave, desert, discard, turn one's back on, cast aside, cast off
jilt, break up with, finish with, leave in the lurch, leave high and dry, leave stranded
coloquial dump, ditch, chuck, drop, walk out on, run out on, rat on, leave flat
Britanico coloquial give someone the push, give someone the elbow, give someone the big E, bin off
arcaico forsake
throw something out
1‘I was continually having to throw out mouldy furniture’
SINÓNIMOS
discard, throw away, dispose of, get rid of, do away with, toss out, scrap, throw on the scrapheap, clear out, remove, dispense with, lose, eliminate, dump, unload, jettison, shed, dismiss, expel, eject, weed out, root out
recycle, break up, demolish, write off
coloquial chuck, chuck away, chuck out, ditch, bin, junk, get shut of
Britanico coloquial get shot of, see the back of
Norteamericano coloquial trash, shuck off, wreck
2‘his case was thrown out because an industrial tribunal was not entitled to deal with it’
SINÓNIMOS
reject, dismiss, turn down, say ‘no’ to, refuse, disallow, veto, squash
coloquial give the thumbs down to, give the red light to
3‘a thermal light bulb throws out a lot of heat’
SINÓNIMOS
radiate, emit, give off, send out, diffuse, disseminate, disperse