THROW (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) OUT


Meaning of THROW (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) OUT in English

throw somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb ( see also ↑ throw )

1 . to get rid of something that you do not want or need:

We usually throw out all our old magazines.

2 . to make someone leave a place, school, or organization, especially because they have done something that is against the rules:

Nick got thrown out of college in the second year for taking drugs.

I knew he would never throw us out on the street (=make us leave our home when we have nowhere else to live) .

3 . if people throw out a plan or suggestion, they refuse to accept it:

The idea was thrown out by the committee.

The bill was thrown out by the Senate.

4 . if something throws out smoke, heat, dust etc, it produces a lot of it and fills the air with it:

huge trucks throwing out noxious fumes from their exhausts

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.