throwing away
Getting rid of
Throwing away is discarding something as worthless or unwanted: I'm throwing away these old magazines.
The phrase extends to wasting opportunities or resources: You're throwing away your talent.
In performance, to throw away a line is to deliver it casually or without emphasis, sometimes deliberately for effect.
- disposalAct of throwing away
- discardDeliberately throw out
- toss outDispose of something
- dumpWaste disposal site
- jettisonDeliberately discard, especially cargo
remove · trash · get rid of · junk · abandon · casting off · toss · clear out · shed · landfill · decluttering · garbage · dumpster diving · offloading · wastefulness · refuse · dropping · litter
- declutteringdecluttering, organizing, donating, purging, discarding
- wastefulnesswaste, squandering, extravagance, profligacy, dissipation
- wastingsquandering, frittering, splurging, overspending, misusing
- depletingusing up, depleting, exhausting, draining, consuming
throwing awaykeeping
Holding in custody
saving · retaining · preserving · storing · hoarding
throwing awaytreasuring
Valuing something deeply
cherishing · prizing · valuing · safeguarding · protecting
throwing awayrecycling
Reprocessing used materials
reusing · conserving · repurposing · salvaging · upcycling
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