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View synonyms for throw out

throw out

verb

  1. to discard or reject
  2. to expel or dismiss, esp forcibly
  3. to construct (something projecting or prominent, such as a wing of a building)
  4. to put forward or offer

    the chairman threw out a new proposal

  5. to utter in a casual or indirect manner

    to throw out a hint

  6. to confuse or disconcert

    the noise threw his concentration out

  7. to give off or emit
  8. cricket (of a fielder) to put (the batsman) out by throwing the ball to hit the wicket
  9. baseball to make a throw to a teammate who in turn puts out (a base runner)
“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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