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shunt
verb [T usually + adv/prep] (MOVE) /ʃʌnt/Definition
› to move someone or something from one place to another, usually because they are not wanted and without considering any unpleasant effects: I spent most of my childhood being shunted (about) between my parents who had divorced when I was five. He shunts his kids off to a camp every summer. Viewers are fed up with their favourite sitcoms being shunted to later times to make way for live football coverage.Transferring and transporting objects shunt
noun [C usually singular] Trains and parts of trains
(Definition of shunt verb (MOVE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -borne suffix
- bearer noun
- bring verb (TOWARDS PLACE)
- budge verb (MOVE)
- bus verb
- call for sb phrasal verb
- drop noun (FALL)
- drop verb (TAKE)
- ferry verb
- freight noun
- route noun
- shuffle noun (MOVE AROUND)
- shuffle verb (MOVE AROUND)
- spirit verb
- tear sb away phrasal verb
- tote verb
- transit noun
- transport verb (GOODS/PEOPLE)
- transportation noun
- turnaround noun (TIME TAKEN)
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