"toss out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tosses out [present, singular, third-person], tossing out [participle, present], tossed out [participle, past], tossed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} toss out (third-person singular simple present tosses out, present participle tossing out, simple past and past participle tossed out)
  1. (transitive, informal) To throw away; to get rid of; to dispose of (something, especially food that has gone bad). Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-toss_out-en-verb-en:to_discard__throw_away Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 22 19 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 62 25 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 14 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 11 9 Synonyms: toss, throw out, junk, 86, bin, can, cast aside, cast away, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, discard, dispose of, ditch, dump, get rid of, jettison, pitch, scrap, shift, throw aside, throw away, throw out, toss, trash
  2. (transitive, informal) To remove or eject from a group; to kick out. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-toss_out-en-verb--xPwwLng
  3. (transitive) To reject or refuse to consider as evidence. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-toss_out-en-verb-kX7CiWFM

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, informal) To throw away; to get rid of; to dispose of (something, especially food that has gone bad)."
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          "source": "Thesaurus:junk",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:junk",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:junk",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:junk",
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        "(transitive, informal) To remove or eject from a group; to kick out."
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