thrown out

Discarded or expelled

Thrown out covers several kinds of forcible removal.

A person thrown out of a bar or meeting is ejected for misbehavior.

Food thrown out goes in the garbage.

A case thrown out by a judge is dismissed.

An idea thrown out in discussion is proposed casually: She threw out a few suggestions.

In baseball, a runner thrown out is retired by a fielder's throw.

Related

ejected · dumped · discarded · tossed · booted · removed · voided · jettisoned · scrapped · ousted · excommunicated · invalidated · chucked · struck down · exiled · defenestrated · nullified · overruled

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Opposites
retention vs. disposal

thrown outkept

Didn't give away

retained · saved · preserved · stored · held onto

acceptance vs. rejection (of people)

thrown outwelcomed

Received with pleasure

let in · accepted · admitted · taken in · embraced

validation vs. dismissal (of ideas)

thrown outaccepted

Formally agreed to

adopted · approved · embraced · endorsed · validated

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G