chuck out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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I figured out how many photos that was going to be and just had to chuck out about 100 photos.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025
"It's a consumer world we live in, a throw away history we seem to chuck out in our bins, but the history is actually among those very items," he says.
From BBC • May 26, 2022
With plenty of flat land and rich soil, the British could afford to chuck out their excreta, and so they did.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2021
In a book where even the best parts feel chaotically flung together, you could chuck out all Amis’ lecturing and not miss a thing.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2020
He interrupted her impatiently, with an order to chuck out her passenger—minor considerations had no weight with him—everything, everybody must be sacrificed to the need of the moment.
From Men of Affairs by Pertwee, Roland
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