"chase off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-chase off.ogg [Australia] Forms: chases off [present, singular, third-person], chasing off [participle, present], chased off [participle, past], chased off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} chase off (third-person singular simple present chases off, present participle chasing off, simple past and past participle chased off)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To drive someone or something away. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (to drive away): przeganiać [imperfective] (Polish), przegonić [perfective] (Polish), przepędzać [imperfective] (Polish), przepędzić [perfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to drive away",
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          "sense": "to drive away",
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          "sense": "to drive away",
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      "sense": "to drive away",
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      "sense": "to drive away",
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