if a boat casts off, it is untied and moves away from the land
to finish a piece of knitting by removing the stitches from the needle and making a tidy edge
to get rid of someone or something
to untie the rope fastening your boat to the land so that you can sail away
But they rejected any thought of giving up the junk, and cast off as George Ti-Ming stood watching them, his eyes slitted with annoyance.
Everywhere, cast-off white ribbons from the sandals carpeted the ice.
It took many years for Chicago to cast off its reputation as the home of violent gangsters.
Wears the worst collection of cast-off clothing you've ever seen?
casts off
casting off
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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