throw away
• discard something as useless or unwanted.
• "many of the cans and bottles thrown away may have cost more to make than the contents"
Similar:
discard,
throw out,
dispose of,
get rid of,
do away with,
toss out,
scrap,
throw on the scrapheap,
clear out,
remove,
dispense with,
lose,
eliminate,
dump,
unload,
jettison,
shed,
dismiss,
expel,
eject,
weed out,
root out,
recycle,
break up,
demolish,
write off,
chuck (away/out),
ditch,
bin,
junk,
get shut of,
get shot of,
see the back of,
trash,
shuck off,
wreck,
• (of an actor) deliver a line with deliberate underemphasis for increased dramatic effect.
• "he covered up for his author by charmingly throwing away as many lines as possible"
throwaway
adjective
• denoting or relating to products that are intended to be discarded after being used once or a few times.
• "a throwaway camera"
Similar:
disposable,
expendable,
one-use,
non-returnable,
one-way,
single-trip,
cheap,
ephemeral,
obsolescent,
paper,
plastic,
biodegradable,
photodegradable,
• (of a remark) expressed in a casual or understated way.
• "some people overreacted to a few throwaway lines"
Similar:
casual,
passing,
careless,
unthinking,
unstudied,
unconsidered,
ill-considered,
parenthetical,
nonchalant,
offhand,
throwaway
noun
• a thing intended to be discarded after brief use.
• "the song is hardly even a throwaway"
