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English verb: chase away | |||
| 1. | chase away (motion) force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings | ||
| Samples | Drive away potential burglars. Drive away bad thoughts. Dispel doubts. The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers. | ||
| Synonyms | dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | banish, clear the air, fire, frighten, shoo, shoo away, shoo off | ||
| Verb group | drive out, force out, rouse, rout out | ||
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