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to decide not to use something in English:

1. scrap scrap


I think we should scrap this idea.
Hundreds of nuclear weapons have been scrapped.
They had been forced to scrap plans for a new school building.
Please get me a scrap of paper.
Let's scrap everything and start over again with a clean slate.
Tom asked for Mary's address and wrote it down on a piece of scrap paper.
a scrap of a puzzle
There wasn't a scrap of truth in the statement.
throw sth on the scrap heap
... like Ron Roth to scrap their old vehicles.
the national tests for 14-year-olds were scrapped
My old car was sold for scrap.
scraps of left over food
We sold the car for scrap (= so that any good parts can be used again).
The child was throwing scraps of meat to his puppy under the table / Any scrap of information you may have could be helpful to our investigation

English word "to decide not to use something"(scrap) occurs in sets:

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