cast off
/kæst ɒf/ verb- To discard or reject something.
- To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.
- To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
- To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.
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