cast off

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по выбрасыванию, оставлению или освобождению чего-либо или кого-либо, или для отвязывания лодки от причала.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of discarding, abandoning, or releasing something or someone, or to set a boat free from its moorings.

uncountable · irregular verb · transitive and intransitive · phrasal, separable

1. Discard or get rid offormal

   To remove or throw away something that is no longer wanted or needed.

   Отбросить

   • She cast off her old clothes and bought new ones.
   • The company cast off its outdated policies.
   • He cast off all his doubts and made a decision.

   Synonymsabandondiscarddispose ofditchdropdumpeliminateget rid ofjettisonscrapshedthrow away

   Antonymscherishholdkeepretain

2. Untie a boatformal

   To release a boat from its moorings so it can sail away.

   Отвязать лодку

   • The sailors cast off the ropes and set sail.
   • We cast off from the dock at dawn.
   • He cast off the mooring line and pushed the boat away.

   Synonymslet golooseuntie

   Antonymsanchordockmoortie

3. In knittingformal

   To finish a piece of knitting by securing the final stitches.

   Закрыть петли

   • She cast off the last row of her sweater.
   • The pattern says to cast off loosely.
   • He cast off the stitches and cut the yarn.

   Synonymsbind off

Base verbcast