cast away

1. (transitive)To discard.

   She cast away her bridal dress along with other reminders of the marriage.

   изгоня́тьizgonjátʹ, изгна́тьizgnátʹ

2. (transitive)To abandon or maroon.

   The mutineers cast away the ship's officers in the longboat.

3. (transitive)To eliminate by means of a cast operation.

   throw or cast away

1. The light that casts away the darkness also creates shadows.

   ruСвет, что прогоняет тьму, создаёт и тени.

   deDas Licht, das die Dunkelheit vertreibt, schafft auch die Schatten.

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2. And then the accursed Alexander burned and cast it away into the sea.

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irregular · Lesson

• cast offупустити, упускатиTo discard or reject something.
• cast outприбрати, прибиратиTo drive out; to expel.
• cast downдеморалізувати, деморалізовуватиTo make (a person) discouraged or dejected.
• cast awayприбрати, прибиратиTo discard.
• cast asideвідмовлятися, відкидатиSynonym of discard.
• cast upTo wash something onto the shore.
• cast onTo start the first row of knitting by putting stitches on a needle.
• cast backTo think about or imagine to a time in the past; to search or refer to one's memories of the past.