Can I say, 'The farmer chased away the crow.'?
- Yes, that's perfect English. Equinox ◑ 20:27, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
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Looks like chuck (discard) away. WurdSnatcher (talk) 03:07, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
- In that case should we delete throw away as well?--Sonofcawdrey (talk) 05:05, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
- No, that seems idiomatic to me. "throw" doesn't mean "discard", whereas "chuck" does. I can chuck this thing means "discard it"; I can throw this thing means "toss it". Adding away to chuck is therefore predictable while adding it to throw changes it from "toss" to "discard". WurdSnatcher (talk) 05:24, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
- More or less synonymous with chuck out. Donnanz (talk) 10:26, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
- I believe this is based on the sense of chuck meaning "to throw" (which should probably be made clearer on the entry's page). The sense meaning "to vomit" derives from "upchuck" (i.e. to throw up). So "chuck away" doesn't mean "discard away" but "throw away", and "chucking" meaning "throwing away" is just a shortened form of that. P Aculeius (talk) 11:57, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
- I've come across throw to mean discard (probably derived from throw away) however I'm not convinced by this nomination so probably keep. Renard Migrant (talk) 12:40, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
- Keep In this phrasal verb chuck just means "throw", and is the original sense; the sense 'discard' is much later, so the original analysis for deletion is not correct.--Sonofcawdrey (talk) 14:33, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
- But if we're right, and it's simply "throw away", isn't it sum-of-parts? *returns to video of woodchucks chucking wood* P Aculeius (talk) 20:54, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
- I´d teach this as a phrasal verb to my students. Hence, keep. --SimonP45 (talk) 14:38, 27 November 2015 (UTC)
- Keep per lemming heuristic: in MacMillan[1] and McGraw-Hill[2]. --Dan Polansky (talk) 12:57, 21 December 2015 (UTC)