hurl away

hurl away (from someone or something)

To move something away from someone or something by throwing it, usually forcefully. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hurl" and "away." The rescue workers hurled the debris away from the whining dog.
See also: away, hurl, someone
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hurl something away (from someone or something)

to throw or push something away from someone or something. She hurled the bricks away from the partially buried child. Hurl away the bricks as fast as you can.
See also: away, hurl
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • drag (someone or something) away from (something)
  • drag away
  • drag (someone or something) away
  • deflect
  • deflect (something) away from (someone or something)
  • deflect away from
  • bring away
  • blaze away
  • blaze away at (someone or something)
  • conduct
References in classic literature
Dorothea left Ladislaw's two letters unread on her husband's writing-table and went to her own place, the scorn and indignation within her rejecting the reading of these letters, just as we hurl away any trash towards which we seem to have been suspected of mean cupidity.
Middlemarch
You will have men selling fake Kasuri methi at the place, as if setting the tone for some of the false attitudes that are a norm in the city, as they are a norm in Lahore, which is a stone's hurl away from where experts and media and leaders now swoop on Kasur after the tragic exit of little Z.
Underneath a town
The gospel invites us to throw our lives down so they may be lifted up and to hurl away our present property for an unseen kingdom.
Faith in the balance: sometimes religious faith is about as sensible as a high-wire act
Hurl away the hip-huggers and try the retro high-waist fit that is stylish and surprisingly flattering.
Tiptoeing into the new season
I would have seen it as an easy issue to solve, just taking the goalie hurl away - especially if a goalie's coming down to take the free, if he's switching to an outfield hurl, he's not going to connect with it as [he would] using a goalie hurl."
Bas from the past is a problem
#ST MIRREN player coach Mixu Paatelainen will hurl away his crutches this week and vow to play on next season.
Football: Yardley sizes up new club
Carey, 31, has no plans to hurl away his sliothar just yet despite what the gossips would have you believe.
GAA: I won't give up hurling: It's my life, not just my sport; SPORTS MIRROR: D J CAREY EXCLUSIVE
But loyalists hailed the teenager a hero, claiming he was trying to hurl away a device which had been thrown at them by Republicans.
Youth's death 'waste of life'
A train hurl away in Rose Street, the atmosphere was distinctly different.
THE GREAT SCOTTISH PUB CRAWL; BEST BAR NONE: To launch our Pub of the Year contest we pit Glasgow's Byres Road against Edinburgh's Rose Street in .
It would be paying Niagara a poor compliment to say that, practically she does not hurl away this chaffering by-play from her edge; but as you value the integrity of your impression, you are bound to affirm that it suffers appreciable abatement from such sources.
1871: Sports; social issues and crime; folkways; fashion; holidays
Frampton added: "Liam Lawlor is an intelligent enough guy and you have to still try and hurl away really.
A FINAL ROLL OF THE DEISE; MUNSTER SHC FINAL REPLAY
The management gave me the time I needed, and I just put the hurl away, and got my head together.
A NIGHTMARE ON JONES' ROAD; ALL-IRELAND SENIOR HURLING SEMI-FINAL KILKENNY v WATERFORD
"We'll all hurl away anywhere we can to get on the Waterford team - that's the way we all are.
BRICK: MY PLACE ISN'T CEMENTED
"I think it's great to get back to the club and have a kind of free rein to just hurl away, it gets you up to the speed of the game too.
SWEET 16 AND NO CHANCE OF FITZ RETIRING; LEINSTER SENIOR HURLING FINAL: Wexford v Kilkenny, tomorrow, Croke Park Model 'keeper not even contemplating quitting
"We won't be changing our game (to counteract Cork)' we'll hurl away and give it our all.
Hurling: I know what it's like to miss a big game through injury... I feel for JJ Delaney &hope we give him something to celebrate on Sunday night SAYS NOEL HICKEY; GUINNESS ALL-IRELAND HURLING FINAL: Kilkenny v Cork, Croke Park, tomorrow, 3.30pm