cast off

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cast off verb

To discard or reject something.
To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.

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throw away cast throw off throw shake off shed drop cast away offcast discard abject forcast throw out cast aside abdicate offthrow

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