chuck away
phr. v..phr. v.. to throw something into the trash because you do not want it anymore.
phr. v.. to discard or dispose of an item, typically because it is perceived as useless or redundant; informal register.
Don't chuck away those old magazines yet.
I spent the whole afternoon cleaning the garage and chucking away broken tools and empty boxes.
While some collectors preserve every scrap of paper, others prefer to chuck away anything that does not serve an immediate practical purpose.
- Particles
- away
- Separability
- optional
- Pattern
- chuck + (object) + away
highly informal; common in British and Australian English.
contrast with 'throw away' (neutral) and 'discard' (formal); the verb 'chuck' implies a casual or careless physical action.
I chucked away it.I chucked it away.when using a pronoun like 'it' or 'them', it must go between the verb and the particle.