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shoo away

shoo away verb: to get rid of, to chase 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
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    Synonyms:
    shoo off, shoo

Synonyms of shoo away

Forms of shoo away

third-person singular presentshoos away
present participleshooing away
past participleshooed away
pastshooed away

Origin of shoo away

From shoo + away.

Questions about shoo away

What does shoo away mean?
Shoo away means to get rid of, to chase away.
What part of speech is shoo away?
Shoo away is a verb.
What is the past tense of shoo away?
The past tense of shoo away is shooed away.

Words near shoo away in the dictionary

  1. Shontells
  2. Shontz
  3. Shontzes
  4. shonuff
  5. shoo
  6. shoo away
  7. shoo in
  8. shoo ins
  9. shoo off
  10. shoo-ee
  11. shoo-fly pie

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