slough (off)

verb

variants also sluff (off)
Definition of slough (off)next
as in to lose
to get rid of as useless or unwanted finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slough (off)
  1. lose
  2. reject
  3. dump
  4. toss
  5. eliminate
  6. throw away
  7. ditch
  8. discard
Verb
  • Tigres finished the regular season with 34 points, winning 10 times while drawing four matches and losing three.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The 2024 elections seems to have marked the moment when the bottom fell out—when Democrats lost a critical mass of voters from a racially diverse cross-section of the working class.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of lose
Verb
  • The whistleblower lawsuit, however, was allowed to move forward after the Texas Supreme Court rejected Paxton's appeal to kill the suit after his impeachment trial.
    Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • However, the judge rejected James’ claim in the lawsuit that alleged SiriusXM had engaged in fraud and deception by misleading subscribers seeking to cancel their accounts.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of reject
Verb
  • Regardless of the specific charges against her, Jean McConville was the victim of a war crime, disappeared by the IRA to spare them the public shame of dumping the corpse of a young widow and mother on the street.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Just dump some ice in the base of the Christmas tree and your drinks will stay ice-cold the entire party.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of dump
Verb
  • On to the nominees: Marley Alcantara, Pittsburg football: Alcantara tossed two touchdown passes and ran for a third as Pittsburg wrapped up a 9-1 regular season with a big win over rival Antioch.
    Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Keith punctuated her performance by tossing a 7-yard touchdown to Hannah Kim off a double pass on fourth down.
    Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of toss
Verb
  • There are also concerns the administration could narrow the scope of loans available to help students attain higher education, like eliminating Parent PLUS loans for undergraduates and graduate student PLUS loans — both of which Project 2025 calls for, Rosinger said.
    Ivana Saric, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The board eliminated the Sheriff’s Executive Director of Administration role, a position held by Aenlle, only for Corpus to promote him to assistant sheriff. County Executive Mike Callagy added that Aenlle’s access to all county buildings that are closed to the general public would be revoked.
    Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of eliminate
Verb
  • Wrist bands For a true sentimentalist, throwing away concert wristbands is simply unimaginable.
    Sammi Tapper, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Ann Selzer is throwing away her reputation for a suppression poll.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of throw away
Verb
  • The prevailing belief is that Earhart, 39, and Noonan, 44, ran out of fuel and ditched their twin-engine Lockheed Electra in the Pacific near Howland Island while on one of the final legs of their epic journey.
    CBS News, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Our hero also ditches the red dye in his hair, a small but helpful cosmetic change as the new baddie of the bunk beds has purple hair.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of ditch
Verb
  • Ibarra was also seen discarding a bloodied jacket and disposable gloves near his apartment on Feb. 22 at 9:44 a.m., prosecutors said.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Ready to eat tomatoes contaminated with raw meat juices discarded.
    Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of discard
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