fling away

Related to fling away: fling up

fling away

1. To toss someone or something out of one's path. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fling" and "away." Dad flung my toys away and scolded me for not cleaning up like he'd asked me to.
2. To discard or reject someone or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "fling" and "away." Did you really put these drawings in the trash? Sheesh, it's like you're trying to fling away my childhood! I know she drives you nuts, but she's your mother—you'll never be able to fling her away.
See also: away, fling
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fling someone or something away

to throw or sling someone or something away or out of the way. You can't just fling me away! I am your eldest son! You can't just fling away the things you don't want!
See also: away, fling
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bring away
  • blaze away
  • blaze away at (someone or something)
  • bury away
  • boring
  • borne
  • bear away
  • chew away
  • chuck away
  • cut away
References in periodicals archive
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DARING; Paper plates cover what's left of wannabe reps' modesty as they perform Full Monty routine on assessment weekend; BARING; Girls fling away their tops and cavort bare-boobed to show they have what it takes to make grade as club tour guide; GROPING; Touchy-feely moment as the boys and girls at appraisal prove they have enough bare-faced cheek to succeed; ROMPING; Shrinking violets need not apply as applicants far outnumber available jobs on offer at recruitment weekend; PARTY ON: No let-up in Faliraki bars this weekend; HELD: Jemma
As Stephanie helps wives to enjoy a midlife fling away from the eyes of their unsuspecting husbands, she starts to wonder if she should not take advantage of the company staff discount and join the club.
In contrast, the best employees are those who would "fling away ambition," as Cardinal Wolsey advises in Henry VIII.
Naturally, nothing says that just because you can hit a target at 100 yards, you need to fling away at antelope and elk at that distance.
And in doing so they are prepared to fling away a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to revitalise a huge area of the inner city with a sports village that would include a 55,000-capacity stadium, an Olympic-size swimming pool, brilliant community facilities and jobs by the thousand.
PARTY ON: No let-up in Faliraki bars this weekend; HELD: Jemma; DARING; Paper plates cover what's left of wannabe reps' modesty as they perform Full Monty routine on assessment weekend; BARING; Girls fling away their tops and cavort bare-boobed to show they have what it takes to make grade as club tour guide; GROPING; Touchy-feely moment as the boys and girls at appraisal prove they have enough bare-faced cheek to succeed; ROMPING; Shrinking violets need not apply as applicants far outnumber available jobs on offer at recruitment weekend
Like a giant eggbeater, their revolving gravitational fields will fling away stars that venture near the pair; the stars carry away orbital momentum, so the massive holes will creep ever closer together.
Women picked Gladiator star Russell Crowe for his beautiful body instead of his mind for their filthy fling away. Crowe beat fellow actors George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.