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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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
These new orders aim to cast aside the I.N.A. and allow Trump to seek recourse in the Constitution as a President defending his country from a foreign threat.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
Webcam models, for example, are perceived to bring their full personality to their performances, casting aside the tropes seen in classic pornography.
—Maxim Voronov, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
And surely, the fading Jets quarterback has no stomach to cast aside Nathaniel Hackett, his pal of a coordinator.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Cast aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast%20aside. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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