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去 (to go, leave) - provides both the imagery and a faint phonetic echo. The compound reads as "something dropping and going away," matching
丢's senses: to lose (
丢了钱包 lost the wallet), to drop (
丢垃圾 toss trash), to put aside, to lose face (
丢脸). Standalone
去 is one of the most common motion verbs.