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Definitions for throwing away
throw·ing away
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Princeton's WordNet
discard, throwing awaynoun
getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable
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throwing away
Throwing away refers to the act of disposing something, typically into a trash or rubbish receptacle, that one no longer needs, uses, or feels valuable. It can also be used metaphorically to indicate rejecting or disregarding something or someone.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of throwing away in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of throwing away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of throwing away in a Sentence
It's even worse than that, they were cherry-picking, throwing away the cherries and they printed the pits.
Indignation boils my blood at the thought of the heritage we are throwing away; at the thought that, with few exceptions, the fight for freedom is left to the poor, forlorn and defenseless, and to the few radicals and revolutionaries who would make use of liberty to destroy, rather than to maintain, American institutions.
A vote isn't just a piece of paper: it’s a person’s way of weighing in on who should be running the country, so not voting is the same as throwing away their say in the matter.
I remember us throwing away those stars because it was so symbolic that we finally don't have to be told what to do.
But then the pandemic hit and nobody wanted to take anything, and I was like, ‘What do I do with all this?’ You know, I didn't want to throw it away because that's like throwing away thousands and thousands.
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