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Phrasal verbs starting with "cast"

12 phrasal verbs use this verb

cast about
C1

To search in a disorganised or uncertain way, typically for ideas, solutions, or something to say.

cast around
C1

To search widely and unsystematically for something, especially a solution, idea, or resource.

cast aside
B2

To reject or abandon something or someone, treating them as no longer useful or important.

cast away
B2

To be stranded on a deserted shore after a shipwreck, or to throw something away.

cast back
C1

To direct one's thoughts deliberately back to a past time or event.

cast down
C1

To make someone deeply unhappy or dejected; or to throw or lower something to the ground.

cast off
B2

To release a boat from its mooring; to discard or reject something; to finish knitting by securing the last stitches.

cast on
B2

In knitting, to create the initial row of stitches on a needle to begin a new piece.

cast out
B2

To banish or expel someone from a group or place, often with a sense of moral or spiritual condemnation.

cast over
C1

To cause a shadow, gloom, or dark feeling to fall over something or someone.

cast round
C1

To search unsystematically in many directions for something, especially an idea or solution; a British variant of 'cast around.'

cast up
C1

To throw or deposit something upward or onshore; to raise (a past fault) as a reproach; or to calculate a total.