casts off
Releases the mooring
Casts off means to release, discard, or let go of something no longer wanted or needed.
A ship casts off when it releases its mooring lines to depart from a dock.
In knitting, to cast off is to finish a piece by securing the final row of stitches so they won't unravel.
More figuratively, someone casts off old habits, relationships, or constraints when they free themselves from them: She finally cast off the expectations her family had imposed on her.
- discardsThings thrown away
- throws awayDisposes of as refuse
- gets rid ofRemoves or disposes
- unmoorRelease from anchorage
- weighs anchorLifts the mooring device
jettison · untether · cuts loose · breaks free · renounce · detach · release · unfasten · sever · cuts ties · forsake · leaves behind · liberate · relinquish · sloughs · uncouple · break away · transcend