Thesaurus / cast off
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They are so rich in harmony, so weird, so wild, that when you hear them you are like a sea-weed cast upon the bosom of the ocean.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYThe motherly woman received the babe instinctively and cast aside the travelling-rug in which he was enveloped.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEA far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYNow, the whole Northwest groaned beneath a cast-iron prohibition law at that time, and for some years thereafter.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRMrs. Newbolt was looking away toward the hills, a dreamy cast in her placid face.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENHe was cast down to think that he might have spared himself the trouble of donning his beautiful yellow doublet from Paris.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIHappening to cast his eyes that way, he saw a light where he had never seen one before—in the little unused chapel.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODAristide glowingly accepted the invitation and cast a look of triumph around the café.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKECast the beam from thine eye before noticing the mote in that of thy neighbour.
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAYBut when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man doth not cast out devils but by Beelzebub, the prince of devils.
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAYWORDS RELATED TO CAST OFF
- abdicate
- cast off
- change one's tune
- desert
- disclaim
- disown
- drift away
- forgo
- forswear
- give up
- have done with
- jettison
- jilt
- kiss goodbye
- leave
- leave flat
- leave high and dry
- quit
- relinquish
- renounce
- repudiate
- resign
- run out on
- set aside
- show the door
- spurn
- surrender
- take the oath
- throw over
- walk out on
- wash one's hands of
- yield
- abdicated
- cast off
- changed one's tune
- deserted
- disclaimed
- disowned
- drifted away
- forewent
- forswore
- gave up
- have did with
- jettisoned
- jilted
- kissed goodbye
- left
- left flat
- left high and dry
- quit
- ran out on
- relinquished
- renounced
- repudiated
- resigned
- set aside
- showed the door
- spurned
- surrendered
- threw over
- took the oath
- walked out on
- washed one's hands of
- yielded
- burn
- cashier
- cast aside
- cast off
- cast out
- chuck
- decline
- deny
- despise
- disallow
- disbelieve
- discard
- discount
- discredit
- disdain
- dismiss
- eliminate
- exclude
- give thumbs down to
- jettison
- jilt
- kill
- nix
- not buy
- pass by
- pass on
- pass up
- put down
- rebuff
- refuse
- renounce
- repel
- reprobate
- repudiate
- repulse
- scoff
- scorn
- scout
- scrap
- second
- shed
- shoot down
- shun
- slough
- spurn
- throw away
- throw out
- turn down
- veto
- burns
- cashiers
- casts aside
- casts off
- casts out
- chucks
- declines
- denies
- despises
- disallows
- disbelieves
- discards
- discounts
- discredits
- disdains
- dismisses
- eliminates
- excludes
- gives thumbs down to
- jettisons
- jilts
- kills
- nixes
- not buys
- passes by
- passes on
- passes up
- puts down
- rebuffs
- refuses
- renounces
- repels
- reprobates
- repudiates
- repulses
- scoffs
- scorns
- scouts
- scraps
- seconds
- sheds
- shoots down
- shuns
- sloughs
- spurns
- throws away
- throws out
- turns down
- vetoes
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