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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Among the upwardly mobile sides in France, Germany, Italy and Spain, there is an overwhelming emphasis on signing younger players rather than big names cast aside by the wealthier teams. —

Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024 Many more will be cast aside, never to be seen again. —

Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2024 Satirizing the former president’s speech from his Wednesday rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Johnson briefly cast aside his impersonation, which regularly consists of Trump leaping topic to topic without any firm footing. —

Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2024 Old conventions governing escalation have been cast aside; new actors have emerged, and all are jockeying for dominance. —

Mona Yacoubian, Foreign Affairs, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cast aside