shoo away

English

Etymology

From shoo +‎ away.

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

   Synonyms: shoo off, shoo

   • 2020 July 20, Tsukasa Tanimai, Teogonia: Volume 3, J-Novel Club, →ISBN:

     ... They waved their arms as if trying to shoo away a bunch of children, but Kai ignored them, irritating as they were. To put it bluntly, the most convenient thing for Kai would be to let the idiots in black do the […]

Further reading

• “shoo away”, in Collins English Dictionary.