shunt

/ʃʌnt/ verb [T]

Translation

› to move someone or something from one place to another, usually because they are not wanted

bir tarafa/yana çekmek, aktarmak

As a teenager he was shunted between different children's homes.1637

(Definition of shunt verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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