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cast aside

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cast someone aside and cast someone off; cast someone away
Fig. to dispose of someone; to reject or discard someone. He simply cast his wife aside, and that was it.
See also: aside, cast

cast something aside and cast something off; cast something away

to throw something away. You can't just cast aside a new coat that you've only worn once.
See also: aside, cast


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"There is an hour to come," said he, "when all of us shall cast aside our veils.
Not that in this I imitated the sceptics who doubt only that they may doubt, and seek nothing beyond uncertainty itself; for, on the contrary, my design was singly to find ground of assurance, and cast aside the loose earth and sand, that I might reach the rock or the clay.
Therefore, if Blucher ever sees the inside of a mosque, he will have to cast aside his humanity and go in his natural character.
 
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