throw away

Questions about throw away

What does throw away mean?

throw away means "throw or cast away". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for throw away?

Close synonyms include discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is throw away a common word?

throw away is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.