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"text": "Coordinate term: kick out"
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"(intransitive, figuratively) To forsake or refuse an association or commitment."
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"(transitive, dated) To dismiss from service."
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"(intransitive, figuratively) To forsake or refuse an association or commitment."
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"word": "se détourner"
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"word": "odwracać się"
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "відхиля́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidxylýtysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відхили́тися"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(transitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course",
"word": "kääntää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(transitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course",
"word": "détourner"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidxyljáty",
"sense": "(transitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відхиля́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidxylýty",
"sense": "(transitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відхили́ти"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(intransitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course",
"word": "se détourner"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidxyljátysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відхиля́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidxylýtysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відхили́тися"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to refuse to admit someone or accept something",
"word": "käännyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to avert or ward off the occurrence or effects of",
"word": "estää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to avert or ward off the occurrence or effects of",
"word": "käännyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to dismiss from service",
"word": "erottaa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidvertátysja",
"sense": "to forsake or refuse an association or commitment",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відверта́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidvernútysja",
"sense": "to forsake or refuse an association or commitment",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відверну́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidxyljátysja",
"sense": "to forsake or refuse an association or commitment",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відхиля́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidxylýtysja",
"sense": "to forsake or refuse an association or commitment",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відхили́тися"
}
],
"word": "turn away"
}
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