throw aside

throw aside

To toss someone or something to one side. A noun or pronoun can be used between "throw" and "aside." He threw aside the paper in disgust when he read the news. Sarah tried to block Tom's path, but he threw her aside.
See also: aside, throw
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

throw someone or something aside

 
1. Lit. to cast someone or something to the side. He threw his child aside just as the car was about to run him down. Don't just throw aside the wrapper!
2. Fig. to get rid of someone or something. He threw his wife aside and took up with a younger woman. Don't throw aside material that might still be useful.
See also: aside, throw
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

throw aside

v.
To discard or reject something or someone: The clerk threw aside the receipt. The officer gave me a ticket, but I threw it aside.
See also: aside, throw
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • toss aside
  • thrust aside
  • wave aside
  • brush aside
  • lay aside
  • layaway
  • draw aside
  • drawing
  • jostle aside
  • put aside
References in classic literature
But my mother dissuaded me from declining it on that account: I should do vastly well, she said, if I would only throw aside my diffidence, and acquire a little more confidence in myself.
Mehmood further added that some people throw aside prestige of federation like a waste paper due to which federation can not run in the country at all.
Gorran and PUK claim they made the deal in the "interest of people and reforming the governing system in Kurdistan, people's financial situation and reforms." The question is that why did they throw aside solving the problems, reforms, combating corruption, respecting will of people in Sulaimani before that step?
"It is customary on these occasions to throw aside the ceremony and constraint which society ordinarily imposes," it said.
The Patriarch called for peace in the world, particularly in countries of the Middle East, "on top of which Syria wounded by war, violence and terrorism." He urged to throw aside weapons and cling to peace.
Is a surgeon poised to remove a brain tumour expected to throw aside his scalpel when reminded his patient might not be eligible for lifesaving treatment?
He called on all political actors to display responsibility, unity and to throw aside partisan slogans at a time when society is polarized and torn by tensions.
The problems that seemed like insurmountable boulders have become like pebbles that your foot can easily throw aside. They do not bother you any more, because more interesting things attract your attention.
This study brings those questions to the forefront and offers a close look at "...how some people clung to the past, while others sought the future; how a new generation of Americans arose to throw aside the cautious ways of its parents and embrace the revolutionary ideals of it grandparents."
Yet the Civil War, Goodheart insists, "is a story of how some people clung to the past, while others sought the future; how a new generation of Americans arose to throw aside the cautious ways of its parents and embrace the revolutionary ideals of its grandparents." It may be one sign of his distaste for ambiguity that he fails to notice how the second part of this statement applies at least as well to the seceding South as to the Unionist North.
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Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan who commented on the decision of the Constitutional Court for the first time said, "I believe our nation will give the best answer on September 12, and throw aside the coup constitution."
SEB SANDERS is not a rider known for sitting still, even when he is in the saddle, but, as tempted as he is to throw aside the crutches, he would be well advised not to ride a finish from his sofa during the running of today's Ladbrokes St Leger.
And it's going to be hard to break the habit of leaving an English club match ten minutes before the end, but we know you'll strive to throw aside the chains of inertia.
He therefore insisted Benitez's team could throw aside their underdog tag to prevail in Wednesday night's final The Arsenal boss said: 'I fancy Liverpool as I feel Milan look jaded physically and certainly mentally by losing the championship.