HyperDic: chase_away

English > 1 sense of the expression chase away:
VERBmotionchase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run offforce to go away
English > chase away: 1 sense > verb 1, motion
MeaningForce to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Synonymsdrive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
Narrowerbanishdrive away
clear the airdispel differences or negative emotions
firedrive out or away by or as if by fire
shoo off, shoo, shoo awaydrive away by crying 'shoo!'
Broadermove, displaceCause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
See alsochasego after with the intent to catch
Similar torout out, drive out, force out, rouseForce or drive out
Spanishahuyentar, alejar, desvanecer

©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact

English | Spanish | Catalan
Privacy | Robots

Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict