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cast away

  1. Also, cast aside . Discard, reject, as in He picked a book, then cast it aside , or She cast away all thoughts of returning home . [Early 1400s]

  2. Squander, waste, as in She cast away a fortune on jewelry . Shakespeare used this idiom in King John (2:1): 鈥淔rance, hast thou yet more blood to cast away?鈥 [Early 1500s]



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Unconfirmed reports emerged of soldiers casting away their uniforms and running off in civilian clothing.

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The act also says anyone who 鈥渟hamefully casts away his arms, ammunition, tools, or equipment or misbehaves in such manner as to show cowardice in the presence of the enemy鈥 faces the same penalty.

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It鈥檚 an issue of confidence, with Emily Mann directing her cast away from Williams鈥檚 assured dialogue and toward their characters鈥 flailing.

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The assertion supported the defense's attempt to cast away blame by creating distance between Trump and certain details in his vastly inflated financial statements.

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There was no record of where they went, she said, and she was haunted by the comment of a Russian administrator who told her the Ukrainian children had been cast away 鈥渓ike kittens.鈥

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