Ditch
Ditch verb - To get rid of as useless or unwanted.
Usage example: we ditched the old table at the town dump
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Dirty Coward: Decepticons are known to ditch the field the moment they lose their advantage.
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Throwing Your Sword Always Works: In The Rescuers, it is Bernard's desperate, last ditch throwing of his dagger that causes the villain to lose his grip on the ladder, leading to his ultimate defeat.
Source: Literature / The Rescuers -
In The Rescuers (the novel upon which the Disney film was based), it is Bernard's desperate, last ditch throwing of his dagger that causes the villain to lose his grip on the ladder, leading to his ultimate defeat.
Source: Throwing Your Sword Always Works
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Lose and Ditch. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ditch/lose
Ditch & Lose. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ditch/lose>.
Lose or Ditch. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ditch/lose.
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