"shoo away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shoos away [present, singular, third-person], shooing away [participle, present], shooed away [participle, past], shooed away [past]
Etymology: From shoo + away. Etymology templates: {{af|en|shoo|away}} shoo + away Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} shoo away (third-person singular simple present shoos away, present participle shooing away, simple past and past participle shooed away)
  1. (transitive) to get rid of, to chase away Tags: transitive Synonyms: shoo off, shoo
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