throwing away
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2.6
- noun
- /ˈθroʊɪŋ əˈweɪ/
:
tirar a la basura
- A lot of people would either bury or throw away a dead animal under these circumstances.
Instead of throwing away our work, the executor robot says, hey, you guessed wrong.
- Instead of throwing away our work, the executor robot says, hey, you guessed wrong.
- That was, you know, nonsense that was created during the Enlightenment to, you know, sort of justify throwing away the past.
- The crumbling and throwing away is a form of forgetting, but it leaves some kind of a homeopathic trace behind.
- Obviously throwing away an old pair of platform shoes is not the same as disengaging from an old friend from high school, or from a sibling.
Examples
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Clark was a wealthy man, but he had no intention of throwing away all of that hard-won money.
Fiction book (2002) -
I was throwing away some garbage over the weekend and just saw it sitting in the drawer.
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I'm throwing away one or two things.
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Throwing away your engagement ring.
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But in most states, you could go to jail for throwing away a soda bottle.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'm afraid he is throwing away all his chances for the future.
Academic text (1996) -
I get so fed up with stories of people throwing away their pets like last week's paper.
Blog text (34) -
I want to tell you, and this applies to you too, Joe, you are throwing away any chance for a respectable life.
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He decided that throwing away his old clothes was the best way to make space in his closet.
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Throwing away food that is past its expiration date helps reduce waste and keep your kitchen clean.
Synonyms
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3.0
The act of getting rid of something you do not want
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6.7
To get rid of something by throwing it away or selling it
Antonyms
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Morphology
The meaning 'the act of disposing of something' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'throw' (to propel) with 'away' (to another place), yielding the compositional sense 'propel away = discard'. This is a common, literal phrasal-verb pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer.
Etymology
The phrase throwing away comes from the simple image of picking up something unwanted and using throw and away: you throw it and send it away into a bin or over a wall. So throwing away means 'disposing of' or 'wasting' something you do not want.