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| cast off |
| 1. v. To discard or reject something. |
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| 2. v. (ambitransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf etc) so that the vessel may make way. |
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| 3. v. (intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle. |
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| Analysis |
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| cast |
| 1. v. (physical) To move, or be moved, away. |
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| 2. v. (now somewhat literary) To throw. |
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| 3. v. To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea. |
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| 4. v. Specifically, to throw down or aside. |
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| 5. v. (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat. |
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| off |
| 1. adv. In a direction away from the speaker or object. |
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| He drove off in a cloud of smoke. |
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| 2. adv. Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence. |
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| Please switch off the light when you leave. |
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| die off |
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