RULE / THROW STH OUT OF COURT

Meaning of RULE / THROW STH OUT OF COURT in English

to say that sth is completely wrong or not worth considering, especially in a trial :

The charges were thrown out of court.

Well that's my theory ruled out of court.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COURT — I In architecture, an outdoor room surrounded by buildings or walls. Courts have existed in all civilizations from the earliest …
Английский словарь Британика
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; or dialect throwed ˈthrōd ; or trun ˈtrən ; thrown ˈthrōn ; or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RULE — I. ˈrül noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English riwle, reule, riule, from Old French reule, riule, from Latin regula …
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OUT — I. |au̇t, usu |au̇d.+V adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Old …
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COURT — I. ˈkō(ə) r]t, -ȯ(ə)r]t, -ōə]t, -ȯ(ə)]t, usu ]d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin …
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STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
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STH — abbreviation south
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RULE — /roohl/ , n. , v. , ruled, ruling . n. 1. a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, …
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OUT — /owt/ , adv. 1. away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; thrown ˈthrōn ; throw·ing ) Etymology: Middle English thrawen, throwen to cause to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OUT — I. ˈau̇t adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Greek hysteros later, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COURT — I. ˈkȯrt noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French curt, court, from Latin cohort-, cohors enclosure, group, retinue, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THROW — noun a stroke; a blow. 2. throw ·noun an effort; a violent sally. 3. throw ·noun a turner's lathe; a …
Webster English vocab
RULE — adj conduct in general; behavior. 2. rule ·adj uniform or established course of things. 3. rule ·adj a composing rule. …
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OUT — vt to come out with; to make known. 2. out ·vi to come or go out; to get out or …
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COURT — noun the session of a judicial assembly. 2. court ·noun any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical. 3. court ·noun a …
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STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
THROW — [throw] vb threw ; thrown ; throw.ing [ME thrawen, throwen to cause to twist, throw, fr. OE thrawan to cause …
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COURT — in architecture, an open area surrounded by buildings or walls. There have been such courts from the earliest recorded times …
Britannica English vocabulary
THROW — / θrəʊ; NAmE θroʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( threw / θruː; NAmE /, thrown / θrəʊn; NAmE θroʊn/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RULE — / ruːl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun OF ACTIVITY / GAME 1. [ C ] a statement of …
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COURT — / kɔːt; NAmE kɔːrt/ noun , verb ■ noun LAW 1. [ C , U ] the place where legal …
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THROW — I. throw 1 S1 W1 /θrəʊ $ θroʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense threw /θruː/, past participle thrown /θrəʊn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RULE — I. rule 1 S1 W1 /ruːl/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ rule , ↑ ruler , …
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THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RULE — n. & v. --n. 1 a principle to which an action conforms or is required to conform. 2 a prevailing …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COURT — n. & v. --n. 1 (in full court of law) a an assembly of judges or other persons acting as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THROW — v. & n. v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COURT — n. & v. n. 1 (in full court of law) a an assembly of judges or other persons acting as …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1. propel with some force through the air or in a …
Oxford English vocab
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1. away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Oxford English vocab
COURT — n. & v. --n. 1. (in full court of law) a an assembly of judges or other persons acting as …
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COURT — I. NOUN USES /kɔ:(r)t/ ( courts) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — ( throws, throwing, threw, thrown) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RULE — ( rules, ruling, ruled) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Rules are …
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THROW — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a court dismisses/throws out sth (= refuses to allow or consider something ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RULE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a court rules/orders/holds sth ▪ The court ruled that the penalty was not excessive. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COURT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a case comes before a judge/court ▪ The case came before the federal courts. …
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COURT — n. Appomattox Court House Common Pleas Court of Court Margaret Smith court martial European Court of Justice High Commission Court …
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROW — n. throw away throw back throw down throw in throw off throw out throw over throw up throwing away
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
COURT — I. noun 1 law ADJECTIVE ▪ civil , criminal ▪ She should seek damages through the civil ~s. ▪ The …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THROW — INDEX: to throw something through the air 1. to throw something 2. to throw a ball in a game 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
THROW — n. 25B6; verb she threw the ball back : HURL, toss, fling, pitch, cast, lob, launch, catapult, project, propel; bowl; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROW — v. 1 toss, cast, hurl, fling, sling, pitch, dash, propel, project, shy, bowl, send, launch, Colloq chuck He threw the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THROW — 1. сущ. 1) а) бросание, бросок б) спорт бросок (прием в различных видах борьбы) в) дальность броска; расстояние, на которое …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
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STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
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RULE — 1. сущ. 1) а) правило, норма to adopt a rule ≈ принять за правило to apply, enforce a rule ≈ …
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COURT — Court: Admiralty ~ адмиралтейский суд Admiralty ~ морской суд Court: ~ of Arbitration for Building and Construction Work третейский суд …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COURT — 1. сущ. 1) двор court-yard ≈ внутренний двор (замка, коллежда и т. п.) farm-yard ≈ двор фермы poultry-yard ≈ птичий …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THROW — throw.ogg 1. θrəʋ n 1. бросание; бросок at a single throw - одним ударом; сразу to have a throw at …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RULE — rule.ogg 1. ru:l n 1. правило; норма; принцип unanimity rule - принцип единогласия rule of the road - а) правила …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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