cast off

• Verbo frasal que se usa para indicar la acción de desechar, abandonar o liberar algo o a alguien, o para soltar una embarcación del amarre.

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.

incontable · verbo irregular · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Discard or get rid offormal

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

   desechar, deshacerse de

   • 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   • The company cast off its outdated policies.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.

   Sinónimosabandondiscarddispose ofditchdropdumpeliminateget rid ofjettisonscrapshedthrow away

   Antónimoscherishholdkeepretain

2. Untie a boatformal

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

   Soltar amarras

   • 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.

   Sinónimoslet golooseuntie

   Antónimosanchordockmoortie

3. In knittingformal

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

   Cerrar puntos

   • 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.

   Sinónimosbind off

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