to throw out

to throw out: to discard(S); to remove by force(S); to refuse to consider, to reject (S)

• Instead of throwing out our paper waste in the office, we should recycle it.
• When a fight broke out between two people on the dance floor, the management threw them out.
• The judge threw the case out because there was not enough evidence against the defendant.

TO ACHIEVE

TO ACHIEVE

• You won't achieve anything in your life unless you work harder.
• They were completely exhausted, but they felt that they achieved a lot winning the championship.

TO DISAPPROVE

TO DISAPPROVE

• I disapprove of his reckless plan and I'm not going to be a part of it.
• We strongly disapproved of the new government and its ideas.

TO BRING UP

TO BRING UP

• I think both parents should bring up the child.
• She's a kind and well brought up child.

GRATEFUL

GRATEFUL

• She was so grateful to him for giving her money.
• I'd spent a lovely weekend with them, so I wrote them a grateful letter after I got home.

TO POSSESS

TO POSSESS

• The police asked me if I possessed a gun.
• He possesses everything I've always dreamed about: a big house with a pool and millions of dollars. I envy him.

TO DRAG

TO DRAG

• She dragged her luggage across the platform and no man helped her.
• He dragged him to the ground and hit him for having an affair with his wife.

TO HUG

TO HUG

• She hugged him tightly, because she really missed him.
• The mother hugged the child after he apologized to her for his bad behavior.

TO RUB

TO RUB

• I can't stop rubbing my arm. I think a mosquito bit me again.
• My new pair of shoes has been rubbing on my toe. I think I chose a wrong size.

INDECISIVE

INDECISIVE

• I can't stand his indecisive answers! I never know what's going on in his mind.
• She didn't get this job, because she was so indecisive during the job interview.