toss out

English

Verb

toss out (third-person singular simple present tosses out, present participle tossing out, simple past and past participle tossed out)

2. (transitive, informal) To throw away; to get rid of; to dispose of (something, especially food that has gone bad).

   Synonyms: toss, throw out; see also Thesaurus:junk

   • 2015, Dawn Lerman, My Fat Dad: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Family, with Recipes:

     My grandmother said being organized led to success, so I set out to turn our fridge into a liquid dieter's paradise. First was detoxing the kitchen. I tossed out everything that would lead to temptation, like the leftover candy from Halloween, as well as everything that was expired and rotten.

3. (transitive, informal) To remove or eject from a group; to kick out.
4. (transitive) To reject or refuse to consider as evidence.

   Antonyms: allow; adduce

   The judge tossed out her testimony when it came to light that she was getting paid as a contractor by the defendant.