cast away
Example Sentences
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Unconfirmed reports emerged of soldiers casting away their uniforms and running off in civilian clothing.
From Los Angeles Times
The act also says anyone who “shamefully casts away his arms, ammunition, tools, or equipment or misbehaves in such manner as to show cowardice in the presence of the enemy” faces the same penalty.
From Seattle Times
It’s an issue of confidence, with Emily Mann directing her cast away from Williams’s assured dialogue and toward their characters’ flailing.
From New York Times
They will share which eight recordings, book and luxury item they would take with them if they were cast away on a desert island.
From BBC
The sense is that Sophia has been banished or cast away.
From New York Times
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