fling away
verb
Roget 610:
reject;
set aside,
lay aside;
give up;
decline
etc.
(refuse)
764;
exclude,
except;
pluck,
spin;
cast.
repudiate,
scout,
set at naught;
fling to the winds,
fling to the dogs,
fling overboard,
fling away,
cast to the winds,
cast to the dogs,
cast overboard,
cast away,
throw to the winds,
throw to the dogs,
throw overboard,
throw away,
toss to the winds,
toss to the dogs,
toss overboard,
toss away;
send to the right about;
disclaim
etc.
(deny)
536;
discard
etc.
(eject)
297,
(have done with)
678.
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Roget 638:
spend,
expend,
use,
consume,
swallow up,
exhaust;
impoverish;
spill,
drain,
empty;
disperse
etc.
73.
cast away,
fool away,
muddle away,
throw away,
fling away,
fritter away;
burn the candle at both ends,
waste;
squander
etc.
818.
waste its sweetness on the desert air"
[Gray];
cast one's bread upon the waters,
cast pearls before swine;
employ a steam engine to crack a nut,
waste powder and shot,
break a butterfly on a wheel;
labor in vain
etc.
(useless)
645;
cut blocks with a razor,
pour water into a sieve.
leak
etc.
(run out)
295;
run to waste;
ebb;
melt away,
run dry,
dry up.
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Roget 782:
relinquish,
give up,
surrender,
yield,
cede;
let go,
let slip;
spare,
drop,
resign,
forego,
renounce,
abandon,
expropriate†,
give away,
dispose of,
part with;
lay aside,
lay apart,
lay down,
lay on the shelf
etc.
(disuse)
678;
set aside,
put aside,
put away;
make away with,
cast behind;
maroon.
give notice to quit,
give warning;
supersede;
be rid of,
get rid of,
be quit of,
get quit of;
eject
etc.
297.
rid oneself of,
disburden oneself of,
divest oneself of,
dispossess oneself of;
wash one's hands of.
discard,
cast off,
dismiss;
cast away,
throw away,
pitch away,
fling away,
cast aside,
cast overboard,
cast to the dogs,
throw aside,
throw overboard,
throw to the dogs,
pitch aside,
pitch overboard,
pitch to the dogs,
fling aside,
fling overboard,
fling to the dogs;
cast to the winds,
throw to the winds,
sweep to the winds;
put away,
turn away,
sweep away;
jettison;
reject.
quit one's hold,
quitclaim.
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