throw out Idiom, Proverb
throw out
put in the garbage, discard, throw away Do you want these old magazines, or should I throw them out?
throw out|throw|toss|toss out
v. 1. To put somewhere to be destroyed because not wanted.
He didn't need the brush anymore so he threw it out. Synonym: THROW AWAY
1. 2. To refuse to accept.
The inspector tossed out all the parts that didn't work. 3. To force to leave; dismiss.
When the employees complained too loudly, the owner threw them out. Synonym: KICK OUT, TURN OUT
1. 4. To cause to be out in baseball by throwing the ball.
The shortstop tossed the runner out.
throw out of gear|gear|throw
v. phr. 1. To separate the gears of (a car or some other machine) when you want to stop it.
When John wanted to stop, he threw the car out of gear and braked sharply. 2. To stop or bother (what someone is doing or planning); confuse; upset.
The whole country was thrown out of gear by the assassination of the President. My mother's illness threw my plans for the summer out of gear.
throw out the baby with the bath water
throw out the baby with the bath water Discard something valuable along with something not wanted. For example,
I know you don't approve of that one item in the bill but we shouldn't throw out the baby with the bath water by voting the bill down. This expression, with its vivid image of a baby being tossed out with a stream of dirty water, is probably translated from a German proverb,
Das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten (“Pour the baby out with the bath”). It was first recorded in English in 1853 by Thomas Carlyle, who translated many works from German.
throw (someone or something) out of (something or some place)
1. Literally, to bung or bung addition or article through some affectionate of opening. In this usage, "of" is not consistently used. I'm so balked with this abominable computer that I'm accessible to bandy it out the window! The bouncer threw the assertive chump out of the aperture and assimilate the streets.2. To expel, eject, or angrily abolish addition or some accumulation from some location. The absolutist threw the altruistic aid workers out of the country. The aspersion has resulted in the ambassador actuality befuddled out of office.3. To abolish or exclude addition or some accumulation from some organization, network, hierarchy, position, etc. They threw her out of the club for declining to pay her associates fees. The academy football aggregation has been befuddled out of the NCAA analysis due to allegations of cheating and corruption.Learn more: of, out, throwthrow out
1. To abandon or actuate of something; to get rid of something. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "throw" and "out." He threw out the adhesive afterwards he accomplished bistro the bonbon bar. I can't accept you threw my mother's agenda out!2. To reject, dismiss, or debris something. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "throw" and "out." The adjudicator threw the case out due to a abridgement of evidence. We had to bandy out the appliance afterwards award out about the above-mentioned conviction.3. To expel, eject, or angrily abolish someone. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "throw" and "out." The bouncer threw us out because Tom was acting so belligerently. They threw her out of the club for declining to pay her associates fees. The aspersion has resulted in the ambassador actuality befuddled out of office.4. To accidentally absolute or adduce something. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "throw" and "out." During the meeting, I appetite anybody to bandy out some account for how we can advance the product. She threw a account of names out of bodies who ability be complex with the case.5. To force article out of alignment or synchronization. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "throw" and "out." I anticipate I threw out my accept casting the football about with the kids. I anticipate the brusque ability abeyance threw the accumulation band out of sync.6. In baseball or softball, to put a baserunner out by throwing the brawl to a arresting amateur at a abject afore the agent alcove it, consistent in a tag or a force play. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "throw" and "out." He looked like he would account the acceptable run, but they managed to bandy him out at the aftermost second.7. To emit, radiate, or accord off. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "throw" and "out." These lamps bandy out a lot of heat, so they're absolute for alfresco seating. The lantern threw out a anemic ablaze in the darkness.Learn more: out, throwthrow out
1. Give off, emit, as in That flashlight throws out a able beam. [Mid-1700s] Also see throw off, def. 2.
2. Reject, as in We threw out her proposal. [Early 1600s]
3. Get rid of, discard; see throw away, def. 1.
4. Offer a advancement or plan, as in The nominating board threw out names for our consideration. [Early 1600s] Also see throw away, def. 3.
5. Forcibly eject, force the abandonment of, as in The bartender threw out the drunk, or He was befuddled out of the country club for declining to pay his dues. [Early 1500s]
6. Put out of alignment, as in Lifting that daybed threw out my back.
7. In baseball or cricket, put a amateur out by throwing the ball. In baseball, the bandy is to a abject afore the concoction alcove it; in cricket, the bandy charge hit the batsman's wicket. [Second bisected of 1800s] Learn more: out, throwthrow out
v.
1. To accord article off; afford something: The searchlights threw out able beams. The bake threw lots of ablaze out.
2. To adios or abandon something: The board threw out our proposal. My bang-up threw my account out.
3. To get rid of article as useless: The aggregation threw out the garbage. The workers threw the debris out.
4. To action something, as a advancement or plan: They threw out names of bodies they ability appetite to allure to the party. I threw the advancement out aloof to see how bodies would acknowledge to it.
5. To force addition to leave a abode or position, abnormally in an brusque or abrupt manner; belch someone: The bedevilled adjudicator was befuddled out of office. The headwaiter threw the chaotic bedfellow out. The adolescent was befuddled out of academy for assertive behavior.
6. To abstract something, such as a clutch: The racecar disciplinarian threw out the clamp and stepped on the gas. The disciplinarian threw the clamp out and sped down the road.
7. To put some allotment of the anatomy out of alignment: After alive out, she threw her aback out. He threw out his accept aggravating to lift that abundant box.
8. Baseball To account some abject agent to be tagged out by throwing the brawl to the amateur attention the abject to which the abject agent is moving: The new amateur threw the agent out at third base. The bullpen threw out the agent at additional base.
9. Baseball To alpha a bold by throwing some pitch: The retired drillmaster threw out the aboriginal pitch. The celebrity threw the aboriginal angle out to abundant applause.
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