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Meaning of CAST AWAY

Pronunciation:  câst u'wey

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 Definition: [v]  throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"
 
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 Synonyms: cast aside, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out
 
 See Also: abandon, close out, de-access, deep-six, dump, get rid of, give it the deep six, jettison, junk, liquidize, pension off, remove, retire, scrap, sell off, sell out, sell up, trash, unlearn, waste

 

 

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 Definition: 

Castaway)
Tom Hanks "gives one of the towering screen performances....of all time" (New York Post) as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose ruled-by-the-clock existence abruptly ends when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island. As Chuck struggles to survive, he finds that his own personal journey has only just begun. Continue the adventure with an exclusive 15-minute "making of" Featurette - available only in this "Cast Away" Special Edition video.

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 Related Terms: abandon, beach, blow, break ground, cast, cast aside, cast loose, cast off, cat the anchor, chuck, consume, deep-six, discard, dispose of, dissipate, ditch, drop the mooring, dump, eighty-six, eliminate, fool away, fritter, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, give away, ground, jettison, jilt, loose for sea, part with, pile up, reject, remove, run aground, shipwreck, slough, squander, strand, take the ground, throw away, throw out, throw over, throw overboard, toss overboard, trifle away, unmoor, up-anchor, weigh anchor, wreck
 

 

 

 

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