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cast off

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  • verb transitive To discard or reject something.
  • verb transitive, intransitive, nautical To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf etc) so that the vessel may make way.
  • verb intransitive, knitting To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.

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synonyms (153)

Words with the same meaning

  1. abandon
  2. abandoned
  3. abrupt
  4. abstract
  5. adrift
  6. afloat
  7. alienate
  8. aweigh
  9. break ground
  10. cast
  11. cast aside
  12. cast away
  13. cast loose
  14. cast out
  15. castaway
  16. cat the anchor
  17. chuck
  18. clear
  19. clear away
  20. clear out
  21. clear the decks
  22. cut adrift
  23. cut off
  24. cut out
  25. deep-six
  26. delete
  27. depart
  28. deport
  29. derelict
  30. detach
  31. disarticulate
  32. discard
  33. discarded
  34. disconnect
  35. disengage
  36. disjoin
  37. disjoint
  38. disowned
  39. dispel
  40. dispose of
  41. dissociate
  42. disunite
  43. ditch
  44. divide
  45. divorce
  46. do away with
  47. doff
  48. douse
  49. drop
  50. drop the mooring
  51. dump
  52. eighty-six
  53. eject
  54. elide
  55. eliminate
  56. eradicate
  57. estrange
  58. exile
  59. expatriate
  60. expel
  61. exterminate
  62. fling off
  63. forsaken
  64. free
  65. get quit of
  66. get rid of
  67. get shut of
  68. give away
  69. isolate
  70. jettison
  71. jilt
  72. leave
  73. liberate
  74. liquidate
  75. loose
  76. loose for sea
  77. loosen
  78. outcast
  79. outlaw
  80. outside the gates
  81. outside the pale
  82. part
  83. part with
  84. pick out
  85. pull away
  86. pull back
  87. pull out
  88. purge
  89. put off
  90. reject
  91. rejected
  92. release
  93. remove
  94. root out
  95. root up
  96. segregate
  97. separate
  98. sequester
  99. set apart
  100. set aside
  101. shake off
  102. shoo
  103. shut off
  104. slip out of
  105. slough
  106. split
  107. stand aloof
  108. stand apart
  109. stand aside
  110. started
  111. step aside
  112. step out of
  113. strike off
  114. strike out
  115. subtract
  116. take off
  117. throw away
  118. throw off
  119. throw out
  120. throw over
  121. throw overboard
  122. toss overboard
  123. unanchored
  124. unbar
  125. unbind
  126. unbolt
  127. unbuckle
  128. unbutton
  129. unchain
  130. unclasp
  131. uncouple
  132. undo
  133. unfasten
  134. unfetter
  135. unglue
  136. unlace
  137. unlatch
  138. unleash
  139. unlock
  140. unloose
  141. unloosen
  142. unmoor
  143. unmoored
  144. unstick
  145. unstrap
  146. untie
  147. untied
  148. unwrap
  149. unyoke
  150. up-anchor
  151. weed out
  152. weigh anchor
  153. withdraw

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