CHUCK OUT


Meaning of CHUCK OUT in English

1.

If you chuck something out, you throw it away, because you do not need it or cannot use it. (INFORMAL)

Many companies have struggled valiantly to use less energy and ~ less rubbish.

= throw away

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P

2.

If a person is chucked out of a job, a place, or their home, they are forced by other people to leave. (INFORMAL)

Any head teacher who made errors like this would be chucked out...

I was chucked out of my London flat in 1960...

Her parents are going to chuck her out on the street.

PHRASAL VERB: be V-ed P, be V-ed P of n, V n P

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .