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Scared or driven away. Forced to leave.

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Usage examples (36)
  • He was unceremoniously shooed from the bar, to the uproar of all, save the two men he had been eavesdropping on.
  • – He was unceremoniously shooed from the bar, to the uproar of all, save the two men at the table nearest where he’d been hiding.
  • Then they all gathered on the other side, and "shooed," and waved their arms as well as the lantern.
  • The cricket was "shooed" away by Nan, Freddie's glass was filled again, and the picnic went on merrily.
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