cast off

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cast off something

to get rid of something. Shirts and ties were being cast off in favor of informal clothes for business.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of cast off (= to unfasten the ropes holding a ship)

See also: cast

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The outer envelope might then be cast off as a useless encumbrance; and the second balloon, left free to itself, would not offer the same hold to the currents of air as a half-inflated one must needs present. Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context At once the men of the Emerald City cast off their aprons. The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context With this thing which I have stolen, I will unlock these locks and cast off these chains to-night. A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context More results

References in classic literature

The outer envelope might then be cast off as a useless encumbrance; and the second balloon, left free to itself, would not offer the same hold to the currents of air as a half-inflated one must needs present.

Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context

At once the men of the Emerald City cast off their aprons.

The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context

With this thing which I have stolen, I will unlock these locks and cast off these chains to-night.

A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context

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