slough (off)

verb

variants also sluff (off)
Definition of slough (off)next
as in to lose
to get rid of as useless or unwanted finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slough (off)
  1. lose
  2. reject
  3. dump
  4. toss
  5. eliminate
  6. throw away
  7. ditch
  8. discard
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  • The 2024 elections seems to have marked the moment when the bottom fell out—when Democrats lost a critical mass of voters from a racially diverse cross-section of the working class.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Tigres finished the regular season with 34 points, winning 10 times while drawing four matches and losing three.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of lose
Verb
  • In the court's ruling, Ginsburg, a Republican appointee, rejected TikTok's main legal arguments against the law, including that the statute was an unlawful bill of attainder, or a taking of property in violation of the Fifth Amendment.
    HALELUYA HADERO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Syria's government has rejected reports that President Bashar al-Assad has fled Damascus as insurgents opposing his regime continue their lightning offensive.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of reject
Verb
  • Mammoth Mountain has experienced its snowiest November since 2010, with a huge storm dumping nearly 50 inches on the Eastern Sierra resort earlier this week, the National Weather Service said Thursday.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Travelers already at their holiday destinations have much to be thankful for as a Thanksgiving Day storm dumps snow and rain on the East Coast, creating travel woes for thousands still on their journeys.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of dump
Verb
  • But for a few hours a day, the 4-month-old pygmy hippo springs to life, gumming on leaves, zooming around the compound and tossing her head in a silent, open-mouthed roar.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Experts tossed around different ideas, such as creating a new inter-country currency for global business, but ultimately the U.S. dollar was more muscular.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of toss
Verb
  • Pardons do not wipe convictions from a person’s record, but instead eliminate some, but not all, penalties associated with a conviction.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Organize your important documents To eliminate the need for a family member to search through decades of documents to find the important ones, create a folder called ‘Important Documents’ to help reduce the burden.
    Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of eliminate
Verb
  • Adorning 31 Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt in Paris, barely a stone’s throw away from Champs-Élysées, an elegant 19th-century private mansion now part of Domaine Clarence Dillon houses Le Clarence restaurant.
    Tim Lai, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Set up a collapsible trash bag holder where your guests can easily throw away their garbage.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of throw away
Verb
  • Employers are ditching degree requirements for several reasons, including a workforce shortage in industries like service and tech and a decline in college enrollment post pandemic.
    Allie Danziger, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Ford’s team ditched the tape measure for a digital twin, scanning 1,000 sqm (10,764 sq ft) of footprint, floor to ceiling, every weekend.
    Alex Christian, WIRED, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of ditch
Verb
  • Consumers who have purchased any of the affected products should discard them or return them to the store of purchase for a refund.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
  • However, the nature of modern soccer discards players of this age like never before.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of discard
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