| Main Entry: | eighty-six |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
Synonyms: |
86, cast aside, cast off, chuck, discard, reject, throw away, throw out, toss out |
| Main Entry: | boot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kick; oust |
Synonyms: |
ax, bounce, can*, chase, chuck, cut, discharge, dismiss, drive, dropkick, eighty-six, eject, evict, expel, extrude, fire, heave, kick out, knock, punt, sack, shove, terminate, throw out |
| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evict |
Synonyms: |
ax, boot out, can*, discharge, dismiss, eighty-six, eject, fire, give one notice, give the heave ho, heave, kick out, oust, sack, terminate, throw |
Antonyms: |
allow, let in, permit |
| Main Entry: | chuck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw aside, throw away, throw out |
Synonyms: |
abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eighty-six, eject, fire, fling, flip, forsake, give the heave ho, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, slough, toss |
Antonyms: |
keep |
| Main Entry: | dispose of |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw away |
Synonyms: |
adios, bestow, chuck, deep six, destroy, discard, dump, eighty-six, eliminate, file in circular file, get rid of, give, jettison, junk*, kiss off, kiss*, make over, part with, relinquish, scrap, sell, transfer, unload |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, retain |
| Main Entry: | disqualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be unfit for; be ineligible |
Synonyms: |
bar, bate, debar, disable, disenable, disentitle, disfranchise, eighty-six, except, exclude, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, nix, not make the cut, paralyze, preclude, prohibit, rule out, suspend, unfit, weaken |
Antonyms: |
allow, be eligible, capacitate, fit, permit, qualify |
| Main Entry: | ditch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
Synonyms: |
abandon, desert, discard, dispose of, drop, dump*, eighty-six, forsake, jettison, junk*, leave, reject, scrap*, throw away, throw out, throw overboard |
Antonyms: |
pick up |
| Main Entry: | divest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispossess; take off |
Synonyms: |
bankrupt, bare, bereave, bleed, denudate, denude, deprive, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, disrobe, ditch*, doff, dump, eighty-six, lose, milk, oust, plunder, remove, rob, seize, spoil, strip, take from, unclothe, uncover, undress, unload |
Antonyms: |
clothe, cover, invest, possess, take |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon; ignore |
Synonyms: |
abort, adios, be alienated from, break with, call off, cancel, cast off, cease, desert, discontinue, dismiss, disown, ditch*, divorce, dust off, eighty-six, end, forfeit, forget about, forsake, give up, have done with, interrupt, jilt, kick*, leave, lose, part from, part with, quit, reject, relinquish, remit, renounce, repudiate, resign, sacrifice, scratch*, scrub, separate, shake, stop, terminate, throw over, wash out, waste one, wipe out, write off |
Antonyms: |
continue, do, mount, pursue, take up |
| Main Entry: | eject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw or be thrown out |
Synonyms: |
banish, bounce*, bump, cast out, debar, disbar, discharge, disgorge, dislodge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, ditch, do away with, drive off, dump*, eighty-six, ejaculate, eliminate, emit, eradicate, eruct, erupt, evict, exclude, expel, expulse, extrude, fire, force out, get rid of, give the boot, heave out, irrupt, kick out, kiss goodbye, oust, reject, rout, sack, send packing, show the gate to, spew, spit out, spout, squeeze out, throw overboard, turn out, unloose, vomit |
Antonyms: |
take in |