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View synonyms for cast-off

cast-off

adjective

  1. prenominal thrown away; abandoned

    cast-off shoes

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a person or thing that has been discarded or abandoned
  2. printing an estimate of the amount of space that a piece of copy will occupy when printed in a particular size and style of type
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to remove (mooring lines) that hold (a vessel) to a dock
  2. to knot (a row of stitches, esp the final row) in finishing off knitted or woven material
  3. printing to estimate the amount of space that will be taken up by (a book, piece of copy, etc) when it is printed in a particular size and style of type
  4. intr (in Scottish country dancing) to perform a progressive movement during which each partner of a couple dances separately behind one line of the set and then reunites with the other in their original position in the set or in a new position
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Leaves of drought-resistant plants that were once a regular dish before being cast off as weeds are returning to dinner tables.

Also, when “The Bachelor” jetted its cast off to Malta, he described the city as having “that old-school vibe to it.”

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His interviews and social media posts, in which he casts off irreverent one-liners and blunt social critique, have generated enough material for greatest hits collections.

He called for his “afflicted, degraded and slumbering brethren” to cast off their chains.

Because I think people need to understand is that these men weren't cast off a marble statue.

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