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see sb off

(GET RID OF) phrasal verb with see
 
 
/siː/ verb (present participle seeing, past tense saw, past participle seen)

Definition

to send away someone who is attacking you or who is not wanted, usually forcefully: The caretaker ran out and saw off the boys who had been damaging the fence.Responding to an attack
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