throw away

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения выбрасывания чего-либо как бесполезного или ненужного, или упущения возможности.

A phrasal verb used to indicate discarding something as useless or unwanted, or wasting an opportunity.

uncountable · irregular verb · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Discard as wasteinformal

   To get rid of something that is no longer needed or wanted.

   Выбросить

   • Don't throw away those old newspapers; we can recycle them.
   • She threw away the broken toy.
   • He threw away the leftover food.

   Synonymscast offchuckdiscarddispose ofdumpget rid ofjunkscraptosstrash

   Antonymsconserveholdkeeppreserveretainsavestore

2. Waste an opportunityinformal

   To fail to take advantage of a chance or opportunity.

   Упустить

   • He threw away his chance to win the competition.
   • She threw away a promising career by quitting.
   • Don't throw away this opportunity to learn something new.

   Synonymsblowforfeitfritter awaylosemisspass upsquanderwaste

   Antonymsgraspseize

Base verbthrow