cast aside

phrasal verb

cast aside; casting aside; casts aside

: to stop thinking about (something)

She tried to cast aside her worries and enjoy the party.

She cast all thoughts of making the trip aside.

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That’s what Baker does for Ani, for Igor (who eventually falls for her), and for this little enclave of Brooklyn that’s often forgotten, cast aside, or worse, stereotyped. —

Rachel Sonis, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024 Finland cast aside seventy years of neutrality and nonalignment to join NATO; Sweden cast aside two hundred. —

Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024 Additionally, businesses must cast aside the outdated, preconceived notion that outsourcing is just about cost savings. —

Craig Crisler, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 The bottom line: The Hamas attack brought the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the center of global attention, after years of being cast aside. —

Barak Ravid, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cast aside