v
(transitive, obsolete) To send abroad.
v
To send a son or daughter away to live in another country. (Used with to).
v
(obsolete) To get away, escape; escape from.
v
(archaic) To pass over or by.
v
To gain; to carry off, as a prize.
v
(idiomatic) To work hard at a task.
v
(idiomatic) To resign, or leave, with one's credibility still intact.
n
(espionage) An announcement of dismissal of an agent or source an intelligence agency considers to have become unreliable.
v
To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass
v
(transitive, as of a thing or person) To steal; to take away.
n
The practice by police of apprehending someone but then letting them go without making an arrest.
v
To occur; to take place.
v
To go on strike, especially out of solidarity with other workers.
n
An outcome or conclusion; the way that a situation turns out.
v
(sports) To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone).
v
(often passive) To involve someone in a difficult situation, especially when they are resistant to taking part.
v
(transitive) To send someone on an errand.
v
To exit in one or more single file lines.
v
(transitive, archaic) To send forth; dispatch; send off.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To go forth on an expedition; sally forth.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To make (something) succeed.
v
(intransitive) To become known.
n
(informal) An escape clause.
v
(intransitive) To pass off; to take place; to be accomplished.
v
(intransitive, with on) To spend the last moments of a show (while playing something).
n
(humorous) The act of hara-kiri.
n
(business jargon) An immovable deadline, at which time someone must leave somewhere, or something must conclude.
v
(intransitive) To begin moving away.
v
(Internet slang) Abbreviation of hold up. [(intransitive, informal) To wait or delay.]
v
(transitive) To plan out (a navigational course) using a chart.
v
(transitive) To pass in a tedious manner.
n
(UK) Dismissal: an instruction to leave.
v
(of a vehicle) To start moving.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To leave one's present location; to leave somewhere for another place.
v
(transitive) To move faster or more skilfully than; to outmaneuver.
v
(Philippines) to drop by
v
(archaic) To put off; to delay.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To arrest someone; to take somoene to a police station because they may have done something.
v
(transitive) To remove (something) from the present context and into its proper place; (figuratively) to reject or disregard.
v
(transitive) To dismiss (a person) promptly.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To send to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc.
v
(idiomatic) To write to a business or other organisation, requesting a thing.
v
(UK, transitive) To call out or diss, often in the form of a diss track.
v
Alternative form of raise the flag and see who salutes [(idiomatic) To float an idea, (or otherwise do some action) to see what response or controversy (if any) it generates, usually as a preliminary step.]
v
To provide a celebration for someone who is leaving; give a sendoff.
n
A send off; a farewell celebration.
v
(transitive) To make an order for something to be delivered, especially takeaway food.
n
(sports) dismissal; red card
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To enhance by emphasizing differences.
v
(intransitive) To go out, leave.
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To leave, get out, or resign.
v
(transitive) To thrust aside; to put off.
v
(intransitive) To carry out a sortie; to sally.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) (stand someone up) To avoid a prearranged meeting, especially a date, with (a person) without prior notification; to jilt or shirk.
v
(intransitive) To break away, to come loose.
v
To begin to make one's way.
v
To begin military operations.
v
(intransitive, of a crowd of people) To gather together in the public streets of a town or city to show communal solidarity in either celebration or opposition.
v
(transitive, dated) To allocate duties to someone.
v
Alternative form of throw a bone to [(idiomatic) To provide support or assistance to, especially in one particular way or to a limited extent; to make a concession to.]
adj
(idiomatic) Served in a package or takeout container so as to be taken away from a restaurant rather than eaten on the premises.
v
(intransitive) To quit one's career during a period of success.
v
Alternative form of throw a bone to [(idiomatic) To provide support or assistance to, especially in one particular way or to a limited extent; to make a concession to.]
v
(intransitive) To leave a road; to exit.
v
(transitive) To put (cattle) out to pasture.
n
(dated) A quitting of employment for the purpose of forcing increase of wages; a strike.
n
(Canada, chiefly politics, idiomatic) An occasion when a momentous career decision is made, especially a decision to resign or retire.
v
(transitive) To continue or persist in carrying (something) out or following through (with something); to persevere.
n
A sudden stoppage of work.
v
(transitive) To parry, or turn aside.
v
(figuratively) To yield, give up, or quit.
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