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Old 03-Apr-2008, 21:06
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Default Re: cast off
You use 'cast off' to describe leaving on a boat eg 'We cast off into the sunset'
I think its related to the removal of the rope holding the boat to the dock.

It can also be used to describe completing a piece of knitting, 'casting off' the stitches
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