shoo away

/ʃu əˌweɪ/
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Other forms: shooed away; shooing away

Definitions of shoo away
  1. verb
    drive away by crying `shoo!'
    synonyms: shoo, shoo off
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    type of:
    chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back
    force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
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