1.
If you ~ something, you get rid of it because it is no longer necessary or useful to you, or because it is harmful to you. (LITERARY)
The essay exhorts women to ~ their servitude to husbands and priests...
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)
2.
If you are on a boat and you ~, you untie the rope that is keeping the boat in a fixed position.
He ~, heading out to the bay.
PHRASAL VERB: V P