[throw out] vt (1526) 1 a: to remove from a place, office, or employment usu. in a sudden or unexpected manner b: to get rid of as worthless or unnecessary
2: to give expression to: utter "threw out a remark ... that utterly confounded him --Jean Stafford"
3: to dismiss from acceptance or consideration: reject "the testimony was thrown out"
4: to make visible or manifest: display "the signal was thrown out for the ... fleet to prepare for action --Archibald Duncan"
5: to leave behind: outdistance
6: to give forth from within: emit
7. a: to send out b: to cause to project: extend 8: confuse, disconcert "automobiles in line blocking the road ... threw the whole schedule out --F. D. Roosevelt" 9: to cause to stand out: make prominent 10: to make a throw that enables a teammate to put out (a base runner)