Thesaurus / cast off
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
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 FAY
The motherly woman received the babe instinctively and cast aside the travelling-rug in which he was enveloped.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE
A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
Now, the whole Northwest groaned beneath a cast-iron prohibition law at that time, and for some years thereafter.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
Mrs. Newbolt was looking away toward the hills, a dreamy cast in her placid face.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN
He 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 SABATINI
Happening 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 WOOD
Aristide glowingly accepted the invitation and cast a look of triumph around the café.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKE
Cast the beam from thine eye before noticing the mote in that of thy neighbour.
SOLOMON AND SOLOMONIC LITERATUREMONCURE DANIEL CONWAY
But 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 CONWAY
WORDS RELATED TO CAST OFF
- abdicate
- abjure
- abnegate
- abstain from
- apostacize
- arrogate
- cast off
- decline
- defect
- demit
- deny
- desert
- disavow
- discard
- disclaim
- disown
- divorce oneself from
- drop out
- dump
- eschew
- forgo
- forsake
- forswear
- give up
- leave flat
- leave off
- opt out
- quit
- rat
- recant
- relinquish
- repudiate
- resign
- sell out
- spurn
- swear off
- take the pledge
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- throw off
- throw over
- toss over
- turn
- waive
- walk out on
- wash hands of
- abandon
- abjure
- apostatize
- banish
- be against
- break with
- cast
- cast off
- cut off
- decline
- default
- defect
- demur
- deny
- desert
- disacknowledge
- disapprove
- disavow
- discard
- disclaim
- dishonor
- disinherit
- dismiss
- disown
- dump
- flush
- fly in the face of
- forsake
- nix
- oust
- rat
- recant
- refuse
- renounce
- repeal
- reprobate
- rescind
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- spurn
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- turn
- turn down
- wash one's hands of
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