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What does cast off mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word cast off? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To discard or reject something.
  2. (transitive) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf etc) so that the vessel may make way.
  3. (intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
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Here I cannot afford to be remembering what I said or did, my scurf cast off, but what I am and aspire to become.
I'm not sure that I want to do this so I'll most likely do the standard 1x1 rib and cast off in 1x1 rib.
It's Hallowe'en this Friday, the perfect opportunity to cast off your tried and tested clothes and make-up and emerge in a more daring disguise.
With force stabilization, the Army is set to cast off the ball and chain and completely transform how it mans units.
I searched the Internet and found Web sites that had actual movies of how to cast on as well as knit, purl, and cast off.
While the fallen have long since cast off their earthly form, the land which cradled them and shared their suffering will never disappear.

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