"throw away" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: throw away [canonical], throws away [third-person, singular], threw away [past], thrown away [past, participle], throwing away [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb2|throw away|throws away|threw away|thrown away|throwing away}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you throw away something, you get rid of it. Often this means you put it in the garbage.
    Sense id: simple-throw_away-en-verb-PoUWERD2
     
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