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toss out

toss out verb: to throw away; to get rid of; to dispose of (something, especially food that has gone bad).

Verb

toss out (third-person singular simple present tosses out, present participle tossing out, simple past and past participle tossed out)

  1. (informal, transitive) To throw away; to get rid of; to dispose of (something, especially food that has gone bad).
    • My grandmother said being organized led to success, so I set out to turn our fridge into a liquid dieter's paradise. First was detoxing the kitchen. I tossed out everything that would lead to temptation, like the leftover candy from Halloween, as well as everything that was expired and rotten.2015, Dawn Lerman, My Fat Dad: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Family, with Recipes
  2. (informal, transitive) To remove or eject from a group; to kick out.
  3. (transitive) To reject or refuse to consider as evidence.
    • The judge tossed out her testimony when it came to light that she was getting paid as a contractor by the defendant.
    Antonyms:
    allow, adduce

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Forms of toss out

third-person singular presenttosses out
present participletossing out
past participletossed out
pasttossed out

Questions about toss out

What does toss out mean?
Toss out means to throw away; to get rid of; to dispose of (something, especially food that has gone bad).
What part of speech is toss out?
Toss out is a verb.
What is the past tense of toss out?
The past tense of toss out is tossed out.

Words near toss out in the dictionary

  1. toss off
  2. toss one's cookies
  3. toss one's hat in the ring
  4. toss one's hat into the ring
  5. toss one's name in the hat
  6. toss out
  7. toss pillow
  8. toss salad
  9. toss someone a bone
  10. toss someone's salad
  11. toss the pieman

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