English-French translations for throw away

• jeter
  Il ne faut pas jeter notre parapluie dès les premiers rayons de soleil. We should not throw away the umbrella the minute the sun appears.
  Je veux décider par moi-même ce que je vais jeter ou garder. I want to be able to decide for myself what I keep and what I throw away.
  Deuxièmement, il ne faut pas jeter tout ce qui a été négocié ces derniers mois. Secondly, we must not throw away everything that has been negotiated in recent months.
• rejeter
  Nous vivons dans une société qui fonctionne selon un rythme digne de la machine des Temps modernes de Chaplin : produire, emballer, rejeter et, de plus en plus, heureusement, recycler, valoriser. We live in a society which functions according to a rhythm worthy of the machine in Chaplin's 'Modern Times': produce, package, throw away and, increasingly, I am glad to say, recycle and re-use.

Definition of throw away

• To discard , to toss out, to put in the trash, to dispose of
• To waste, to squander
• To intentionally throw an incomplete pass

Examples

• He wanted to throw away the cup, but he couldnt find a trash can.
• Dont throw the newspaper away, it goes in the recycle bin!
• Voting for a third-party candidate sometimes feels like throwing your vote away.
• The team threw away its chance at the semifinals.

Related words

• throw money away
• throwaway
• throw-away