cast off

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action de jeter, abandonner ou libérer quelque chose ou quelqu'un, ou pour détacher un bateau de son amarrage.

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.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Discard or get rid offormal

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

   se débarrasser 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   • The company cast off its outdated policies.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.

   Synonymesabandondiscarddispose ofditchdropdumpeliminateget rid ofjettisonscrapshedthrow away

   Antonymescherishholdkeepretain

2. Untie a boatformal

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

   Larguer les amarres

   • 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.

   Synonymeslet golooseuntie

   Antonymesanchordockmoortie

3. In knittingformal

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

   rabattre les mailles

   • 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.

   Synonymesbind off

Verbe de basecast