van de hand doen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- jettison verb To throw cargo or equipment overboard or overboard-equivalent, usually to lighten a vessel or aircraft in an emergency.
Senses
van de hand doen is used for these senses in English:
- jettison (figurative) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
jettison — full definition
- verb To throw cargo or equipment overboard or overboard-equivalent, usually to lighten a vessel or aircraft in an emergency.
- verb To abandon or discard something no longer wanted or useful.
- noun The act of throwing something overboard, or the items thrown out this way.
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