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
  • Moss and Freeman sued Giuliani — a former New York City mayor and a supporter of Donald Trump — for defamation for falsely accusing them of committing election fraud in connection with the 2020 election that Trump lost to Joe Biden.
    Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Calling up someone from the practice squad would make the Bills lose a number at a different position for someone who would be a variable in that role, without any other function than that role.
    Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of lose
Verb
  • In the last presidential election, a member from each chamber needed to object to the count to force lawmakers to debate and vote on whether to accept or reject a state's results.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In 2023, Cleveland-Cliffs made a $7 billion bid to acquire U.S. Steel, but the offer was rejected.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of reject
Verb
  • Roth could dump the ROM and analyze functionality as a result.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Major winter storms have dumped snow and cold weather on the Mid-Atlantic and the South.
    Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of dump
Verb
  • Trump has tossed expansionist rhetoric not just at Canada but also at other U.S. allies, with arguments that the frontiers of American power need to be extended to the Danish territory of Greenland, and southward to include the Panama Canal.
    Jim Morris, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
  • In any of these cases, toss the seeds out and get new ones.
    Annie Peterson, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of toss
Verb
  • Industry analysts forecast that global banks may eliminate up to 200,000 positions over the next three to five years.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Between the lines: The choice before lawmakers is whether to allow tipped wages to be gradually eliminated — with unknown effects on the state's tipping culture.
    Joe Guillen, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of eliminate
Verb
  • While a relatively small portion of what goes to the landfill, textiles cost California taxpayers more than $70 million just to throw away.
    Lewis Perkins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The stunt resulted in the restaurant having to throw away pounds of sandwich fixings out of concern they were contaminated, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said in an affidavit.
    Mark Price, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of throw away
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Johnson enters the new year trying to ditch the missteps and the controversies that have left his political standing in the dust.
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Some will give you immediate satisfaction (such as ditching paper and going digital), while others will pay off over time (like focusing on decluttering one space at a time).
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of ditch
Verb
  • The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.
    Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
  • That’s $57 billion in gold and other components irresponsibly discarded.
    David Joosten, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of discard
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“Slough (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slough%20%28off%29. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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