transitive verb
1.
a. : to remove from a place, office, or employment usually in a sudden or unexpected manner
your grooms … could perhaps throw me out — S.H.Adams
be thrown out again as a result of some fresh change in the political landscape — A.J.Toynbee
b. : to get rid of as worthless or unnecessary
people … won't throw out things fast enough to create new needs — K.D.Burke
2. : to give expression to : utter
threw out a remark … that utterly confounded him — Jean Stafford
merely throw out these considerations to the House — Sir Winston Churchill
3. : to dismiss from acceptance or consideration : reject
a coerced confession … is sure to be thrown out — Charles Oldfather
had thrown out certain specked ballots — E.F.Humphrey
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
had been unluckily thrown out and was riding fast to be in my place — Sir Walter Scott
6. : to give forth from or as if from within : emit
the radio throwing out a good tune — Anton Vogt
an apple tree … threw out a sharp scent — Edith Sitwell
7.
a. : to send out
urged the general to throw out … Indian scouts into the woods — H.E.Scudder
b. : to cause to project : extend
this whitish house with … the wing thrown out at right angles — Virginia Woolf
8. : to put out : confuse , disconcert
automobiles in line blocking the road … threw the whole schedule out — F.D.Roosevelt
anyone boorish … threw him out a little — Elizabeth Taylor
9. : to cause to stand out : make prominent or clear
the figures of … its greater men are thrown out plainly by their written works — H.O.Taylor
10.
a. : to run out (a cricket batsman) by breaking the wicket with a direct throw of a fielded ball
b. : to make a throw that enables a teammate in baseball to put out (a base runner)
11. : disengage
throw out the clutch