"throw away" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-throw away.ogg [Australia] Forms: throws away [present, singular, third-person], throwing away [participle, present], threw away [past], thrown away [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> away}} throw away (third-person singular simple present throws away, present participle throwing away, simple past threw away, past participle thrown away)
  1. (transitive) To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash. Tags: transitive Synonyms: see at discard Translations (discard or dispose of): ἀποβάλλω (apobállō) (Ancient Greek), طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa) (Arabic), թափել (tʻapʻel) (Armenian), դեն նետել (den netel) (Armenian), գցել (gcʻel) (Armenian), շպրտել (šprtel) [colloquial] (Armenian), изхвърлям (izhvǎrljam) (Bulgarian), llençar (Catalan), فڕێدان (frrêdan) (Central Kurdish), 棄置 (Chinese Mandarin), 弃置 (qìzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), botur (Dalmatian), weggooien (Dutch), forĵeti (Esperanto), heittää pois (Finnish), heittää menemään [colloquial] (Finnish), heittää roskiin (Finnish), heittää vesilintua (Finnish), rejeter (French), jeter (French), გადაგდება (gadagdeba) (Georgian), გადაყრა (gadaq̇ra) (Georgian), fortwerfen (German), wegwerfen (German), זרק (zarák) (Hebrew), eldob (Hungarian), buttare via (Italian), 棄てる (suteru) (alt: すてる) (Japanese), 捨てる (suteru) (alt: すてる) (Japanese), បោះចោល (bɑh caol) (Khmer), 버리다 (beorida) (Korean), abiciō (Latin), ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുക (upēkṣikkuka) (Malayalam), татгалзах (tatgalzax) (Mongolian), ulatsa (Ngazidja Comorian), kaste (Norwegian), onweġ weorpan (Old English), دور انداختن (dur andâxtan) (Persian), wyrzucać [imperfective] (Polish), wyrzucić [perfective] (Polish), deitar fora (Portuguese), jogar fora [Brazil] (Portuguese), wikch'uy (Quechua), arunca (Romanian), выбра́сывать (vybrásyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́бросить (výbrositʹ) [perfective] (Russian), выки́дывать (vykídyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́кинуть (výkinutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), tirar (Spanish), echar (Spanish), desechar (Spanish), botar (Spanish), kasta bort (Swedish), పారవేయుట (pāravēyuṭa) (Telugu), ทิ้ง (thing) (Thai), དོར་བ (dor ba) (Tibetan), atmak (Turkish), викида́ти (vykydáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́кинути (výkynuty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), vất (Vietnamese), vứt (Vietnamese), vứt bỏ (Vietnamese), bỏ đi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-throw_away-en-verb-BbcIuB8L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 2 28 23 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 49 5 24 22 Disambiguation of 'discard or dispose of': 89 4 7 0
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To waste, to squander. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-throw_away-en-verb-Gh~Depah
  3. (American football, slang) To intentionally throw an incomplete pass. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Football (American) Derived forms: throw-away, throwaway, throw away the key, throw money away
    Sense id: en-throw_away-en-verb-JU6ytRu6 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (idiomatic) To give lightly, in an offhand manner. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-throw_away-en-verb-Cvq4Tbhn

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "word": "llençar"
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          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "棄置"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qìzhì",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "弃置"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "扔"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "dlm",
          "lang": "Dalmatian",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "botur"
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          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "weggooien"
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          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "forĵeti"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "heittää pois"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "heittää menemään"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "heittää roskiin"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "heittää vesilintua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "rejeter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "jeter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gadagdeba",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "გადაგდება"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gadaq̇ra",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "გადაყრა"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "fortwerfen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "wegwerfen"
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          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "apobállō",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "ἀποβάλλω"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "zarák",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "זרק"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "eldob"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "buttare via"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "alt": "すてる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "suteru",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "棄てる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "alt": "すてる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "suteru",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "捨てる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "bɑh caol",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "បោះចោល"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "beorida",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "버리다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "frrêdan",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "فڕێدان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "abiciō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "upēkṣikkuka",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുക"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "tatgalzax",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "татгалзах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "ulatsa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "kaste"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "onweġ weorpan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dur andâxtan",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "دور انداختن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wyrzucać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wyrzucić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "deitar fora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil"
          ],
          "word": "jogar fora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "wikch'uy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "arunca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vybrásyvatʹ",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "выбра́сывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výbrositʹ",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "вы́бросить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vykídyvatʹ",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "выки́дывать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výkinutʹ",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "вы́кинуть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "tirar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "echar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "desechar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "botar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "kasta bort"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "pāravēyuṭa",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "పారవేయుట"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "thing",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "ทิ้ง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "dor ba",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "དོར་བ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "atmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vykydáty",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "викида́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "výkynuty",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ви́кинути"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "vất"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "vứt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "vứt bỏ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 4 7 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "discard or dispose of",
          "word": "bỏ đi"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Voting for a third-party candidate sometimes feels like throwing your vote away."
        },
        {
          "text": "The team threw away its chance at the semifinals."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1975, Freddie Mercury, “Bohemian Rhapsody” (song), in Queen (band), A Night at the Opera (album)",
          "text": "Mama, life has just begun. / But now I've gone and thrown it all away."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Chelsea threw away two points when substitute Salomon Kalou gifted Valencia a penalty five minutes from time with a needless handball.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "To waste, to squander."
      ],
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      "links": [
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        [
          "squander",
          "squander"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) To waste, to squander."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Football (American)",
          "orig": "en:Football (American)",
          "parents": [
            "Football",
            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "_dis1": "22 0 78 0",
          "word": "throw-away"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 0 78 0",
          "word": "throwaway"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 0 78 0",
          "word": "throw away the key"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 0 78 0",
          "word": "throw money away"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To intentionally throw an incomplete pass."
      ],
      "id": "en-throw_away-en-verb-JU6ytRu6",
      "links": [
        [
          "American football",
          "American football"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(American football, slang) To intentionally throw an incomplete pass."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "American-football",
        "ball-games",
        "football",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017 August 13, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club",
          "text": "As Gilly plays sitcom wife, reading aloud from a book while Sam tries to read his own across the table, she throws away a line about someone named Maynard once having annulled the marriage of someone named Prince Raggar and remarrying him in the same ceremony in Dorne.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give lightly, in an offhand manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-throw_away-en-verb-Cvq4Tbhn",
      "links": [
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ],
        [
          "offhand",
          "offhand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To give lightly, in an offhand manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-throw away.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/En-au-throw_away.ogg/En-au-throw_away.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/En-au-throw_away.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "throw away"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (away)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "throw-away"
    },
    {
      "word": "throwaway"
    },
    {
      "word": "throw away the key"
    },
    {
      "word": "throw money away"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "throws away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "throwing away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "threw away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thrown away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "throw<,,threw,thrown> away"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He wanted to throw away the cup, but he couldn't find a trash can."
        },
        {
          "text": "Don't throw the newspaper away, it goes in the recycle bin!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discard",
          "discard"
        ],
        [
          "toss out",
          "toss out"
        ],
        [
          "trash",
          "trash"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "see at discard"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Voting for a third-party candidate sometimes feels like throwing your vote away."
        },
        {
          "text": "The team threw away its chance at the semifinals."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1975, Freddie Mercury, “Bohemian Rhapsody” (song), in Queen (band), A Night at the Opera (album)",
          "text": "Mama, life has just begun. / But now I've gone and thrown it all away."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Chelsea threw away two points when substitute Salomon Kalou gifted Valencia a penalty five minutes from time with a needless handball.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To waste, to squander."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waste",
          "waste"
        ],
        [
          "squander",
          "squander"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) To waste, to squander."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "en:Football (American)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To intentionally throw an incomplete pass."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "American football",
          "American football"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(American football, slang) To intentionally throw an incomplete pass."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "American-football",
        "ball-games",
        "football",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017 August 13, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club",
          "text": "As Gilly plays sitcom wife, reading aloud from a book while Sam tries to read his own across the table, she throws away a line about someone named Maynard once having annulled the marriage of someone named Prince Raggar and remarrying him in the same ceremony in Dorne.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give lightly, in an offhand manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "give",
          "give"
        ],
        [
          "offhand",
          "offhand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To give lightly, in an offhand manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-throw away.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/En-au-throw_away.ogg/En-au-throw_away.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/En-au-throw_away.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭaraḥa",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "طَرَحَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻapʻel",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "թափել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "den netel",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "դեն նետել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gcʻel",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "գցել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šprtel",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "շպրտել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izhvǎrljam",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "изхвърлям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "llençar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "棄置"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qìzhì",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "弃置"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "扔"
    },
    {
      "code": "dlm",
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "botur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "weggooien"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "forĵeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "heittää pois"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "heittää menemään"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "heittää roskiin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "heittää vesilintua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "rejeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "jeter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gadagdeba",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "გადაგდება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gadaq̇ra",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "გადაყრა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "fortwerfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "wegwerfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apobállō",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "ἀποβάλλω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "zarák",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "זרק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "eldob"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "buttare via"
    },
    {
      "alt": "すてる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suteru",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "棄てる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "すてる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suteru",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "捨てる"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑh caol",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "បោះចោល"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "beorida",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "버리다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "frrêdan",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "فڕێدان"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "abiciō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "upēkṣikkuka",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tatgalzax",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "татгалзах"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "ulatsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "kaste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "onweġ weorpan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dur andâxtan",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "دور انداختن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyrzucać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyrzucić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "deitar fora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "jogar fora"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "wikch'uy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "arunca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vybrásyvatʹ",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выбра́сывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výbrositʹ",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́бросить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vykídyvatʹ",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "выки́дывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výkinutʹ",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́кинуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "tirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "echar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "desechar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "botar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "kasta bort"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "pāravēyuṭa",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "పారవేయుట"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "thing",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "ทิ้ง"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "dor ba",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "དོར་བ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "atmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vykydáty",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "викида́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výkynuty",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ви́кинути"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "vất"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "vứt"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "vứt bỏ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "discard or dispose of",
      "word": "bỏ đi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "throw away"
}

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