exile someone (from something) (to something)

exile someone (from something) (to something)
exile someone (from something) (to something)
to force someone to leave something or some place and go to something or some place, often as a punishment for political reasons. •

The government exiled him from his hometown to an island off the coast of South America.

They exiled Gerald to another country.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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