Idiom
chase away
Meaning
To get rid of.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Please chase away those birds from the garden.”
“He tried to chase away his bad memories by focusing on his new hobby.”
“The lighthouse keeper attempted to chase away the encroaching shadows of the storm by lighting every lamp in the tower.”
Examples
simple
“Please chase away those birds from the garden.”
contextual
“He tried to chase away his bad memories by focusing on his new hobby.”
complex
“The lighthouse keeper attempted to chase away the encroaching shadows of the storm by lighting every lamp in the tower.”
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