- cast someone off
- 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.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
cast someone off
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cast someone off — exclude someone from a relationship … Useful english dictionary
brush someone off — he tried to help, but she brushed him off Syn: rebuff, dismiss, spurn, reject; slight, scorn, disdain; ignore, disregard, snub, turn one s back on, give someone the cold shoulder, freeze out; jilt, cast aside, discard … Thesaurus of popular words
brush someone off — REBUFF, dismiss, spurn, reject; slight, scorn, disdain; ignore, disregard, snub, cut, turn one s back on, give someone the cold shoulder, freeze out; jilt … Useful english dictionary
cast — cast1 W3 [ka:st US kæst] v past tense and past participle cast ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1 cast light on/onto something 2 cast doubt(s) on something 3¦(light and shade)¦ 4 cast a shadow/cloud over something 5¦(look)¦ 6 cast an eye on/over something 7 cast a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
cast — 1 verb past tense and past participle cast 1 cast (a) light on/onto a) to provide new information which makes something easier to understand: research findings that cast new light on the origin of our universe b) literary to send light onto a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
cast — cast1 [ kæst ] (past tense and past participle cast) verb *** ▸ 1 choose actor for part ▸ 2 describe someone as a type ▸ 3 look at someone/something ▸ 4 give light/a shadow ▸ 5 throw ▸ 6 move fishing line/net ▸ 7 make something in a mold ▸ 8 tell … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cast — castable, adj. castability, n. /kast, kahst/, v., cast, casting, n., adj. v.t. 1. to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice. 2. to throw off or away: He cast the advertisement in the wastebasket. 3. to direct (the eye, a glance, etc.),… … Universalium
cast — I UK [kɑːst] / US [kæst] verb Word forms cast : present tense I/you/we/they cast he/she/it casts present participle casting past tense cast past participle cast *** 1) a) [transitive] to choose a performer for a particular part or for a… … English dictionary
cast — [[t]kɑ͟ːst, kæ̱st[/t]] ♦♦ casts, casting (The form cast is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) 1) N COUNT COLL The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it. The show is very amusing and the cast are … English dictionary
cast — [[t]kæst, kɑst[/t]] v. cast, cast•ing, n. 1) to throw or hurl; fling: to cast dice; to cast aside the newspaper[/ex] 2) to direct (the eye, a glance, etc.) 3) to cause to fall; put or send forth: to cast a soft light; to cast a spell; to cast… … From formal English to slang
cast-off — cast offs also castoff ADJ: ADJ n Cast off things, especially clothes, are ones which someone no longer uses because they are old or unfashionable, and which they give to someone else or throw away. Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast… … English dictionary
