cast off

verb
High School
1

To discard or reject something.

2

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

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

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