Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.

    He wanted to throw away the cup, but he couldn't find a trash can.

    Don't throw the newspaper away, it goes in the recycle bin!

    fortwerfen, wegwerfen

    выбра́сыватьvybrásyvatʹ, вы́броситьvýbrositʹ, выки́дыватьvykídyvatʹ

    викида́тиvykydáty, ви́кинутиvýkynuty

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To waste, to squander.

    Voting for a third-party candidate sometimes feels like throwing your vote away.

    The team threw away its chance at the semifinals.

  3. (slang)To intentionally throw an incomplete pass.

    throw or cast away

  4. (idiomatic)To give lightly, in an offhand manner.

Examples

445 sentences
  1. Please throw this away for me.

    Будь ласка, викинь це замість мене.

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  2. This needs to be thrown away.

    Це потрібно викинути.

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  3. Do you want me to throw that away?

    Хочеш, щоб я це викинув?

    ruВы хотите, чтобы я это выбросил?

    deWillst du, dass ich das weggewerfe?

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  4. Don't throw away this magazine. I haven't read it yet.

    Не викидай цей журнал. Я його ще не прочитав.

    ruНе выбрасывай этот журнал. Я его еще не прочитал.

    deWirf diese Zeitschrift nicht weg. Ich habe sie noch nicht gelesen.

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  5. I threw away all the letters that Tom sent me.

    Я викинув всі листи, які Том мені написав.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
discard or dispose of:
Русский
By meaning 1
discard or dispose of:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
discard or dispose of:

Origin

From throw + away. First attested in the late 14c.

From throw + away. First attested in the late 14c.

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Forms

throws away, throwing away, threw away, thrown away
Base formthrow away · to throw away
3rd person singularthrows away
Present participlethrowing away
Past simplethrew away
Past participlethrown away

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theythrow away
he, she, itthrows away

Past simpleLesson

all personsthrew away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave thrown away
he, she, ithas thrown away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill throw away

Phrasal verbs

12 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

20 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedthrowaway

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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