cast aside

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cast aside - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

chuck out, discard, cast away, throw away, toss away, toss out, put away, throw out, cast out, dispose, fling, toss

unlearn - discard something previously learnt, like an old habit

deep-six, give it the deep six - toss out; get rid of; "deep-six these old souvenirs!"

jettison - throw away, of something encumbering

junk, scrap, trash - dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer"

waste - get rid of; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer"

get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

dump - throw away as refuse; "No dumping in these woods!"

retire - dispose of (something no longer useful or needed); "She finally retired that old coat"

abandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"

liquidize, sell out, sell up - get rid of all one's merchandise

de-access - dispose of by selling; "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines"

close out - terminate by selling off or disposing of; "He closed out his line of sports cars"

Translations

arrumbar

scartare

w>cast aside

vt sep cares, prejudices, inhibitions, habits → ablegen; old clothes etc → ausrangieren; person → fallen lassen

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