"shoo off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shooes off [present, singular, third-person], shooing off [participle, present], shooed off [participle, past], shooed off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|shoo<shooes> off}} shoo off (third-person singular simple present shooes off, present participle shooing off, simple past and past participle shooed off)
  1. To send away; to shoo.
    Sense id: en-shoo_off-en-verb--5YVgqct Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off)

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