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chuck away

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chuck someone or something away
to push or shove someone or something out of the way quickly or roughly. She chucked the children away and ran to lock the door to protect them. He chucked away his clothes in a drawer. The rock star approached, and the guard chucked the teenagers away.
See also: away, chuck

chuck something away

to throw something away; to dispose of something. Would you please just chuck this garbage bag away? I don't want to chuck away any paper that's been used on only one side.
See also: away, chuck


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com, "This definitely is an ongoing concern; it's not something that we're all just gonna chuck away again.
Ahead of next month's Olympic football tournament, Chinese historians have been putting in the sort of 365-day working weeks normally associated with factory workers who boost the country's economy by churning out crummy plastic toys that ungrateful Western degenerates chuck away as soon as they pull their Christmas crackers.
In fact what you are actually doing is using the best computer (your brain) to work out a solution, instead of just writing yourself off with a chuck away ''I can''t afford it'' comment.
 
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