cast away

verb

Definitions

  1. To discard.

    • She cast away her bridal dress along with other reminders of the marriage.
  2. To abandon or maroon.

    • The mutineers cast away the ship's officers in the longboat.
  3. To eliminate by means of a cast operation.

    • If you want to change a class member inside a const member function, the traditional approach is to cast away constness by saying (X*)this.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cast away. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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