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

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To drive someone or something away.
    The bears were interested in the campers' food, but they chased them off.
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    • 2025 April 17, Simon Stone, “Manchester United 5-4 Olympique Lyonnais”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      Amorim responded to his goal by chasing off down the touchline, just as Jose Mourinho famously did when Porto won in this stadium in 2004.

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