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throw out
throw somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb (see also throw)
1. to get rid of something that you do not want or need:
    We usually throw out all our old magazines.
2. to make someone leave a place, school, or organization, especially because they have done something that is against the rules:
    Nick got thrown out of college in the second year for taking drugs.
    I knew he would never throw us out on the street (=make us leave our home when we have nowhere else to live).
3. if people throw out a plan or suggestion, they refuse to accept it:
    The idea was thrown out by the committee.
    The bill was thrown out by the Senate.
4. if something throws out smoke, heat, dust etc, it produces a lot of it and fills the air with it:
    huge trucks throwing out noxious fumes from their exhausts