- shoo away
- {v. phr.} To frighten or chase away. * /When the children gathered around the new sports car, we shooed them away./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
shoo away
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shoo away — phr verb Shoo away is used with these nouns as the object: ↑fly … Collocations dictionary
shoo away — verb drive away by crying shoo! (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑shoo off, ↑shoo • Hypernyms: ↑chase away, ↑drive out, ↑turn back, ↑drive away, ↑di … Useful english dictionary
shoo away — {v. phr.} To frighten or chase away. * /When the children gathered around the new sports car, we shooed them away./ … Dictionary of American idioms
shoo\ away — v. phr. To frighten or chase away. When the children gathered around the new sports car, we shooed them away … Словарь американских идиом
shoo off — verb drive away by crying shoo! • Syn: ↑shoo, ↑shoo away • Hypernyms: ↑chase away, ↑drive out, ↑turn back, ↑drive away, ↑dispel, ↑drive off … Useful english dictionary
shoo — [sho͞o] interj. [echoic] go away; get out: used as in driving away chickens or other animals vi. shooed, shooing to cry “shoo” vt. to drive away abruptly, by or as by crying “shoo” … English World dictionary
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Shoo — Shoo, interj. [Cf. G. scheuchen to scare, drive away.] Begone; away; an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls. [1913 Webster] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shoo — [[t]ʃu͟ː[/t]] shoos, shooing, shooed 1) VERB If you shoo an animal or a person away, you make them go away by waving your hands or arms at them. [V n with adv] You d better shoo him away... [V n prep] I shooed him out of the room. 2) EXCLAM You… … English dictionary
shoo — /shooh/, interj., v., shooed, shooing. interj. 1. (used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.) v.t. 2. to drive away by saying or shouting shoo. 3. to request or force (a person) to leave: I ll have to shoo you out of here now … Universalium
