throw somebody/something 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
throw somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb (see also throw)
1. to get rid of something that you do not want or need:
2. to make someone leave a place, school, or organization, especially because they have done something that is against the rules:
3. if people throw out a plan or suggestion, they refuse to accept it:
4. if something throws out smoke, heat, dust etc, it produces a lot of it and fills the air with it: