English verb: unseat | |||
1. | unseat (social) remove from political office | ||
Samples | The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | remove | ||
2. | unseat (contact) dislodge from one's seat, as from a horse | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | displace, move | ||