throw out
Example Sentences
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They can either confirm the charges, in which case a full trial takes place, throw out the case and free El Hishri, or change the charges he faces.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
Investors “better throw out their old market playbooks, because the rules have changed,” Singh added.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
A batter later, the Rockies’ diving third baseman Karros made a nifty play to throw out Teoscar Hernández after he drilled a ball up the line — holding Freeman at third in the process.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
The judge agreed to throw out the case last month.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
If they aren’t, you throw out the assumption, sometimes provisionally accepting an alternative hypothesis.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
