"wean off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: weans off [present, singular, third-person], weaning off [participle, present], weaned off [participle, past], weaned off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wean off (third-person singular simple present weans off, present participle weaning off, simple past and past participle weaned off)
  1. (ditransitive) to get (someone) off (an addiction), to rid (someone) of a habit Tags: ditransitive Translations (Translations): leszoktat (Hungarian), deshabituar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wean_off-en-verb-4B0Cf3Nr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off)

Inflected forms

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