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To expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.
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(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear.
v
To avoid by diverting the focus of a discussion.
n
(business, derogatory, neologism) Giving redundancy to (i.e. firing) the most intelligent employees of a company.
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(archaic) To rescue; to liberate.
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(chiefly Britain) To place (something new for public sale) on the market; roll out.
v
(US, informal, intransitive) To reveal, to show.
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(transitive) To gain release for (a person) from military service by payment of money.
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(military, with "out") To use administrative procedure to remove someone.
v
(US Army) To be expelled from the U.S. Army.
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(intransitive) To depart or disappear.
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Obsolete spelling of clear [(transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.]
v
To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of.
v
(transitive, euphemistic) To terminate the employment of.
v
To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.
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Alternative form of dispatch [(transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.]
n
The act of sending someone away.
v
(intransitive, used with "of") To eliminate or to get rid of something.
v
(transitive) To get rid of.
v
(transitive) To lose interest in a specific issue.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To pass away.
v
(archaic, poetic, transitive) To stir or arouse emotion in (someone); to cause to feel emotion.
v
(transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from
n
(business) The dismissal of executives no longer required in their roles after a merger or acquisition.
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(transitive, obsolete) To overhaul; overtake.
v
(transitive) To publish or make available; to disseminate.
v
(transitive) To emit or release something.
v
(transitive) To send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth.
v
To express (an emotion, opinion, etc.).
v
(obsolete, transitive) To clear; to go beyond.
v
(transitive) To arrange in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart; to display (e.g. merchandise or a collection).
v
(intransitive) To glean, gather up leavings.
n
(business) The practice of luring a whole team of employees away from a competitor and hiring them oneself.
v
(transitive) To do away with.
v
(transitive) to get rid of things, work, or problems by passing them on to someone or something else.
v
(idiomatic, often business) To reveal confidential information, especially details of one's business operations.
v
(transitive, dialectal) To turn away from with disgust; refuse.
n
Something given out or emitted.
v
(archaic except poetic and Britain, regional) To go out, to set forth, to set out.
v
(transitive) To be under an obligation to pay out on a debt; to owe
v
To talk volubly and deeply. Usually implies telling the truth.
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To turn away, refusing to listen.
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(of money as deposit) To pay.
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To broadcast, to publish.
v
(transitive) to take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings.
v
(telephony) (of a call) To hang up.
v
(sports, chiefly soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.
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(transitive, figuratively, used with "of") To deprive (of).
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
v
To issue, dispatch or transmit.
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(transitive) To erase from an account; to deduct.
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(Vermont) To transpire or result.
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To exact payment from; to punish.
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(transitive) To obtain by application by a legal or other official process.
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(New Zealand) To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization.
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(transitive, law) To put (currency) into circulation.
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(figuratively, transitive) To assign a low value to (something).
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