Usually means: Discard, dispose of, or reject.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word throw out:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. throw out: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. throw out: Merriam-Webster
  3. throw-out, throw-out, throw out: Collins English Dictionary
  4. throw-out: Wordnik
  5. throw-out, throw out: Wiktionary
  6. throw out: Dictionary.com
  7. throw out: Rhymezone
  8. throw out: Phrasal Verb Page
  9. throw out: FreeDictionary.org
  10. throw out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. throw-out, throw out: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. throw out: Vocabulary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. throw out: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. throw out: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. throw out: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. throw out: Idioms

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Throw out: Skydiving Glossary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Book Binding (No longer online)
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (throw out)

verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, out.
verb:  (idiomatic) To discard; to dispense with something; to throw away.
verb:  (idiomatic) To dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere.
verb:  (idiomatic) To offer an idea for consideration.
verb:  To produce in a haphazard fashion.
verb:  (transitive) To emit.
verb:  (transitive) To utter carelessly.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to project.
verb:  (transitive) To put into a state of confusion.
verb:  (transitive) To outdistance; to leave behind.
verb:  (transitive) To cause or experience debilitating muscle or joint pain in (a body part).
noun:  Alternative form of throw-out [A discard, rejection.]

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