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shoo off

/ʃuː ɒf/

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verb

/ʃuː ɒf/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по отпугиванию или принуждению кого-либо или чего-либо уйти, обычно с помощью жеста или звука «кыш».

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of driving away or causing someone or something to leave, typically by making a shooing gesture or sound.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

  1. Drive awayinformal

    To make someone or something leave by waving hands or making noises.

    ruПрогнать

    • She shooed off the pigeons from the balcony.
    • The farmer shooed off the stray dogs from the field.
    • He shooed off the children who were playing too close to the construction site.

    Synonymschase awaydispersedrive awayfrighten awayscare awayscare offshoo

    Antonymsattractbeckonsummon

Forms
  • shooed off past participle
  • shooed off past simple
  • shooing off present participle
  • shoos off third person singular

Base verbshoo

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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