tossing out

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

   Synonyms:

   toss, throw out, junk, 86, bin, can, cast aside, cast off, cast away, chuck

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