toss out
To throw something away, or to make someone leave.
Meanings
To get rid of something by throwing it away or discarding it.
"I spent the weekend tossing out old magazines that had been cluttering the spare room."
To eject or remove someone from a place or position.
"The bouncer tossed out three people who were causing trouble at the bar."
To reject an idea, proposal, or legal case as invalid or unworthy of consideration.
"The judge tossed out the lawsuit, ruling there was no basis for the claim."
Used in three main contexts: discarding physical objects, rejecting ideas or proposals, and ejecting a person from a place. All senses are informal and common in American English. The object typically comes between 'toss' and 'out' when it is a pronoun.
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