Complete Definition of "cast off"

English

Verb
to cast off

#transitive to discard or reject something
#transitive,nautical to let go a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf etc so that she may proceed
#intransitive to finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle

See also
cast on

fr:cast off

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