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  • 121throw someone out — EXPEL, eject, evict, drive out, force out, oust, remove; get rid of, depose, topple, unseat, overthrow, bring down, overturn, dislodge, displace, supplant, show someone the door …

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  • 122Down with the dust — Dust Dust (d[u^]st), n. [AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, D. duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and G. dunst vapor, OHG. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to L. fumus smoke, E. fume. [root]71.] 1. Fine, dry… …

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  • 123throw — Fault Fault, n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] 1. Defect; want; lack; default. [1913 Webster] One, it pleases me, for… …

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  • 124throw away — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reject, refuse, turn down; see discard . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective, for example: discard, dispose of, dump, junk, scrap1, throw out. Informal: chuck, jettison,… …

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  • 125throw the book at — punish to the maximum, come down hard    Drunk drivers deserve the full penalty. Throw the book at them! …

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  • 126down with his apple-cart — interjection knock or throw him down …

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  • 127throw one's self down — Lie down …

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  • 128throw up — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abdicate, abjure, acknowledge defeat, barf, be seasick, be sick, boost, bring up, buoy up, cast up, cease, cede, chuck up, cry quits, desist from, disgorge, dispense with, dispose of, do without, drop, dump,… …

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