noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
consign sb/sth to the dustbin/scrapheap/rubbish heap etc British English
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Many older people feel they have been consigned to the medical scrapheap.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He liked the way female models were thrown on the scrapheap by their late twenties.
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The rejection meant our daughter was already on life's scrapheap .
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What does it mean if you have been there for 20 years and feel you are thrown on the scrapheap ?