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cast off

verb

Definitions

  1. To discard or reject something.

    • However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.
    • Mr. Christie, who as a presidential candidate has frequently suppressed his most pugilistic instincts, cast off any restraint and did what he does best: slice and slash.

  2. To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel…

    To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.

  3. To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.

      • To conserve type, copy was "cast off"; that is, type needed for the initial pages was estimated so that the pages need not be composed in the same sequence as the copy.

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