remove

/rɪˈmuːv/ verb [T]

Definition

TAKE AWAY › to take something away: An operation was needed to remove the bullets from his chest.

TAKE OFF › to take something off: Liz removed her jacket and hung it on a chair. Carefully remove the lid, then stir the paint.

JOB formal › to make someone stop doing their job: [often passive] He had been removed from his job on medical grounds.

be far removed from sth › to be very different from something: The princess's world was far removed from reality.

(Definition of remove verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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