(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
When you ~ something somewhere, you throw it there in a casual or careless way. (INFORMAL)
I took a great dislike to the clock, so I ~ed it in the dustbin...
= throw
VERB: V n prep/adv
2.
If you ~ your job or some other activity, you stop doing it. (INFORMAL)
Last summer, he ~ed his 10-year career as a London stockbroker and headed for the mountains.
VERB: V n
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In British English ~ in and ~ up mean the same as ~ .
Almost half the British public think about ~ing in their jobs and doing their own thing at least once a month.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
3.
If your girlfriend or boyfriend ~s you, they end the relationship. (INFORMAL)
There wasn’t a great fuss when I ~ed her.
VERB: V n
4.
A ~ is a device for holding a tool in a machine such as a drill.
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