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.

Examples of cast aside in a Sentence

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Armed with Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of their ticket after casting aside President Joe Biden, Democrats’ hopes have been resurrected from the dead. —Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 July 2024

This meant boosting the level of industrial production in the western zones of Germany, suspending the obligation to pay reparations to the Soviet Union, and, in effect, casting aside the Potsdam agreement of August 1945. —Melvyn P. Leffler, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018

Young international players have experienced inadequate living conditions while attending unaccredited U.S. schools and been embroiled in student visa fraud scams that have left some deported after being cast aside by these bootleg preps. —Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 3 Aug. 2024

For the Nuggets, the turn south began with the departure of Bruce Brown in 2023 free agency, a glue guy cast aside as if glue guys didn’t matter (albeit with financial constraints for Denver, as well). —Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 July 2024