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Contexts ▼▲ (informal) To have gotten rid off To have exchanged or given up something Opposite of past tense for to grip or grasp something Opposite of past tense for to stop associating with Opposite of past tense for to give a portion or part of something to others Opposite of past tense for to hand over (something), typically for legal or financial reasons (computing) Opposite of past tense for to move digital data or files from one device to another (informal) Opposite of past tense for to pass or give (something to someone) Opposite of past tense for to give, place or hand back something Opposite of past tense for to offer as a religious sacrifice … more ▼ ▲ Verb ▲ (informal) To have gotten rid off lost discarded chucked ditched dumped junked scrapped shed binned canned tossed tost abandoned cast aside casted off did away with dispensed with gave up got rid of jettisoned left threw out tossed out unloaded cashiered cast deep-sixed deserted disposed of eighty-sixed exorcisedUK exorcizedUS forsook put out to pasture relinquished shucked shucked off threw aside threw away wrote off excluded eliminated nixed thrown out given up pitched flung away forsaken washed your hands of negatived sluffed off flung laid by rejected flung off thrown away sloughed off gotten rid of done away with threw off lay by thrown off forgone forwent written off thrown aside more ❯ “I lost the gaudy shirt and decided to dress with a little more class for my date.” Verb ▲ To have exchanged or given up something changed exchanged interchanged replaced swapped switched traded substituted ceded handed over surrendered yielded reciprocated bartered commuted displaced shifted superseded bandied reversed transferred wrixled swapped over converted into flip-flopped yold yolden “She changed her ice-cream for mine because she didn't like chocolate.” Verb ▲ Opposite of past tense for to grip or grasp something released Verb ▲ Opposite of past tense for to stop associating with dropped shed axed cast away cast aside set aside scrapped jettisoned dumped chucked junked ditched culled unloaded trashed disposed eliminated tost tossed removed cashiered binned exorcisedUK dispatched expelled rejected exorcizedUS relinquished lost pitched ejected discarded dispossessed shucked off thrusted aside flung away parted with chucked away chucked out dispensed with swept away disposed of laid by casted off eighty-sixed tossed out flung off had done with deep-sixed sloughed off threw out thrown out canned threw away thrown away thrown on the scrapheap lay by shook off did away with got shot of gotten rid of shaken off threw overboard threw on the scrapheap gotten shot of got rid of done away with thrown overboard more ❯ “A good workplace culture will allow you to retain your talented employees.” Verb ▲ Opposite of past tense for to give a portion or part of something to others shared apportioned allocated allotted dispensed distributed rationed divided up portioned out divvied meted prorated rationed out assigned dealt dealt out divvied up doled out gave out given out handed out carved up dished out measured out parceled out parcelled out partitioned out split up accorded administered cut the pie pieced up “Each of us would just get our own fries and hoard them for ourselves.” Verb ▲ Opposite of past tense for to hand over (something), typically for legal or financial reasons gave up given up relinquished surrendered abdicated ceded forfeited gave given renounced waived yielded yold yolden delivered abandoned coughed up handed over laid down lay down lost turned in turned over conveyed rendered transferred gave away given away gave in given in let go of parted with submitted remitted assigned supplied fed provided furnished handed in passed on relegated feed conferred more ❯ “Whatever benefits have already accrued to you, you'll be allowed to keep.” Verb ▲ (computing) Opposite of past tense for to move digital data or files from one device to another transferred copied backuped downloaded moved loaded loaden uploaded pasted cut “You may choose to either delete or leave the files that are located in the Recycling Bin.” Verb ▲ (informal) Opposite of past tense for to pass or give (something to someone) threw thrown passed gave given handed transferred conveyed delivered handed over handed out handed down gave over given over handed round passed on let someone have sent on “Keep the change, you filthy animal!” Verb ▲ Opposite of past tense for to give, place or hand back something returned yielded yold yolden handed back retroceded sent back carried back gave back given back restored took back taken back paid back put back thrusted back tossed back placed back “The DVD is not due back for another week, so you can continue to keep it.” Verb ▲ Opposite of past tense for to offer as a religious sacrifice offered sacrificed immolated gave given gave up given up offered up “She was reluctant to give up her firstborn, so she decided to save him and offered herself in his place.” Find more words! 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