flush sb/sth out
— phrasal verb with flush /flʌʃ/ verbDefinition
› to force a person or animal to leave a place where they are hiding: Planes bombed the guerrilla positions yesterday in an attempt to flush out snipers from underground tunnels. We used a dog to flush the rabbits out.Evicting and forcing to leavePunishing someone by sending them somewhere else
(Definition of flush sb/sth out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- chuck sb out phrasal verb
- clear sb off sth phrasal verb
- dislodge verb
- dismiss verb (SEND AWAY)
- evict verb
- expulsion noun (MAKE LEAVE)
- extraditable adjective
- extradite verb
- flight noun (ESCAPE)
- fling sth/sb out phrasal verb
- kick sb out phrasal verb
- run sb out of town (on a rail) idiom
- send sb packing idiom
- ship sb off phrasal verb
- show sb the door idiom
- sling sb out phrasal verb
- turf sb out phrasal verb
- turn sb out phrasal verb (REMOVE)
- uproot verb (PERSON)
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