toss out
phrasal verb
tossed out; tossing out; tosses out
US
1
: to put (something that is no longer useful or wanted) in a trash can, garbage can, etc. : to throw (something) out
It's time to toss out those bananas.
Did you toss the newspapers out already?
2
: to refuse to accept or consider (something)
His testimony was tossed out by the judge.
3
: to mention (something) as a possible thing to be done, thought about, etc. : to suggest
She tossed out a couple of ideas for improving the company's website.
4
: to force (someone) to leave a place
They tossed him out of the bar after he started a fight.
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Even as this revelation casts a retrospective light on many of the movie’s plot points (such as László’s obsession with the details of his design for Harrison’s grand project), it merely gets tossed out, even tossed off.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
The Supreme Court in March 2022 reinstated the death sentence, finding the appeals court improperly tossed out his capital sentences.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
Southwest Airlines lost a bid to toss out a racial discrimination lawsuit over a program offering free flights to some Hispanic students after a judge said the airline’s offer to provide the plaintiff’s relief did not render the lawsuit moot.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Dec. 2024
The jewelry-store duel is very Kill Bill, with the two women tossing out insults before attacking brutally and relentlessly: throwing each other around glass cases, using the shop’s offerings as weaponry, and avoiding the incapacitated store owner.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
The Supreme Court in March 2022 reinstated the death sentence, finding the appeals court improperly tossed out his capital sentences.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
Southwest Airlines lost a bid to toss out a racial discrimination lawsuit over a program offering free flights to some Hispanic students after a judge said the airline’s offer to provide the plaintiff’s relief did not render the lawsuit moot.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Dec. 2024
The jewelry-store duel is very Kill Bill, with the two women tossing out insults before attacking brutally and relentlessly: throwing each other around glass cases, using the shop’s offerings as weaponry, and avoiding the incapacitated store owner.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Toss out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toss%20out. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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