channel something off

channel something off
channel something off
1. Lit. to drain off water or some other liquid through a channel. •

The front yard is flooded, and we will have to channel the water off.

Let's channel off the water before it gets too deep.

2. Fig. to drain off or waste energy, money, effort, etc. •

Unemployment channeled their resources off.

The war channeled off most of the resources of the country.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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