| VERB | possession | part with, spare, give up, dispense with | give up what is not strictly needed |
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| Meaning | Give up what is not strictly needed. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | spare, give up, dispense with | |
| Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
| See also | part | leave |
| Spanish | deshacerse de, prescindir de | |
| Catalan | estar-se'n, prescindir de | |
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