What is "cast off"

vb. (context transitive English) To discard or reject something.

1. v. get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" [syn: shed, cast, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop]

2. make the last row of stitches when knitting [ant: cast on]

Cast off may refer to:

• Cast off (knitting), another term for Binding off
• Castoff (publishing), a procedure in book publishing for estimating the number of signatures required to typeset a manuscript
• Offcasting, a concept in the science fiction of Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen