cast off

1. (transitive)To discard or reject something.

2. (ambitransitive)To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.

   Leinen los

3. (intransitive)To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.

   abketten

   make the last row of stitches when knitting

4. (historical)To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.

1. I'm getting my cast off today.

   ruСегодня мне снимут гипс.

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2. He cast off the problem from his mind.

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3. We also have to cast off the evil eye from her every so often.

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4. A huge tanker cast off just now.

   deEin riesiger Tanker ist gerade eben ausgelaufen.

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5. She clambered aboard the rowing boat, steadied herself as it bobbed, and cast off.

   deSie kletterte in das Ruderboot, hielt sich im Gleichgewicht, während es schwankte, und legte ab.

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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.