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throw away
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of THROW AWAY
1
to get rid of as useless or unwanted <I should throw away that torn shirt>
Synonyms cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, ditch, dump, eighty-six (or 86), exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off), throw away, throw out, toss, unload
2
to use up carelessly <if you buy a high-end computer, you'll just be throwing away money on a bunch of features you'll never use>
Synonyms blow, dissipate, fiddle away, fritter (away), lavish, lose, misspend, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle (away)
Related Words splurge; consume, deplete, exhaust, impoverish, overspend, shoot; indulge, overindulge; disburse, expend, lay out
Antonyms conserve
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