How to Use cast off in a Sentence

cast off

verb
Definition of cast offnext
  • It’s cast off in the sense that it’s allowed to float away.
    — David Marchese Photo Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The captain stands on the flying bridge as the crew casts off.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Madame X is on a mission to cast off the chains of the oppressed.
    — C.m., The Economist, 19 June 2019
  • Check with staff to find the best places to cast off by season.
    — Amy Aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 May 2018
  • They were both cast off by a then-crummy team, the Rams.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2018
  • Around 25 million years ago, the apes split from the monkeys and cast off their tails.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Sunday was a chance, the one day in the week, to cast off the shabby work clothes or the uniforms and show off.
    — Toby Zinman, Philly.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • One protester cast off his mask and stood up on the desks.
    — Time, 5 July 2019
  • With the cast off, Lansford started in right field, then was moved to third base.
    — Phil Jensen, The Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Guests can cast off their cares at the spa and Turkish hammam.
    — Chris Leadbeater, National Geographic, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Some leaders have said casting off the monarchy isn’t at the top of their to-do lists.
    — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
  • And in the summer, as sanctions bite, the streets of Tehran rise up to cast off the Iranian regime.
    — The Economist, 7 June 2018
  • In the spring, the bones are cast off, leaving behind bloody pedicles.
    — The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Natasha was pretty much cast off her tape alone, which is quite rare.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Both have been cast off and discarded by other teams in the past.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The coach, too, might soon be dealt a fate similar to those of the many players whom the franchise cast off.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Antonio didn’t like it and wished his doctor would saw the cast off.
    — Lizzie Johnson, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
  • Daylight was still four hours away and would cast off again by midafternoon.
    — Stuart Stevens, Outside Online, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Stressed plants tend to cast off the poorly performing leaves that were first to form but now are in the shade of the other leaves.
    — oregonlive, 25 July 2021
  • By March 1, Trump seemed finally to have cast off the restraints.
    — Time, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Each has been cast off by a troubled family and left to be raised by nuns.
    — John Timpane, Philly.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Abe wants to amend the clause denying Japan a full-fledged military and cast off some of the postwar shackles.
    — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2018
  • For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 May 2021
  • Persevere in the faith, cast off all fear and keep your heart strong; God will never forsake you.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 4 May 2022
  • To cast off the high school persona and fly as a woman instead of darting around like a little girl?
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
  • The stars in that phase are in the process of casting off their outer later, resulting in halos of gas and dust.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Chicago — Kids usually can't wait to get a cast off their arm, but 5-year-old Beau Stadel wasn't so sure.
    — Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 20 June 2023
  • This was supposed to be when France finally cast off all those years of shackles of chokes in big games.
    — Jonathan Tannenwald, Pro Soccer USA, 29 June 2019
  • Researchers also don't know what immediate cue prompts the creatures to cast off the rest of the body.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Indeed, beginning with comments ahead of his 2023 New Year’s speech, Putin has cast off the depiction of the war in Ukraine as just a special military operation.
    — Fiona Hill, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2023

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