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throw out
verb
- to discard or reject
- to expel or dismiss, esp forcibly
- to construct (something projecting or prominent, such as a wing of a building)
- to put forward or offer
the chairman threw out a new proposal
- to utter in a casual or indirect manner
to throw out a hint
- to confuse or disconcert
the noise threw his concentration out
- to give off or emit
- cricket (of a fielder) to put (the batsman) out by throwing the ball to hit the wicket
- baseball to make a throw to a teammate who in turn puts out (a base runner)
Example Sentences
The California Endowment and the Los Angeles Parks Alliance sued to throw out the report, on the basis Metro had not properly followed state environmental laws in approving it.
“It doesn’t mean that we should throw out scientific evidence altogether, and my concern is that they might use that as a rationale to just completely abandon the scientific process instead of reforming it.”
Traditionally, when a member of the Dodgers is honored with a bobblehead night at Dodger Stadium, someone from their family will throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Some bettors automatically throw out horses whose last races were in Japan or the Middle East.
One of the suspects allegedly threw out a Wi-Fi jammer during the pursuit, an electronic device used to disrupt home security cameras.
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