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chase off

chase off verb: to drive someone or something away.

Verb

chase off (third-person singular simple present chases off, present participle chasing off, simple past and past participle chased off)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To drive someone or something away.
    • The bears were interested in the campers' food, but they chased them off.

Forms of chase off

third-person singular presentchases off
present participlechasing off
past participlechased off
pastchased off

Questions about chase off

What does chase off mean?
Chase off means to drive someone or something away.
What part of speech is chase off?
Chase off is a verb.
What is the past tense of chase off?
The past tense of chase off is chased off.

Words near chase off in the dictionary

  1. Chase dolls
  2. chase down
  3. chase gun
  4. chase guns
  5. chase moonbeams
  6. chase off
  7. chase one's own tail
  8. chase one's tail
  9. chase pennies with dollars
  10. chase plane
  11. chase planes

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