Definitions

to send away someone who is attacking you or who is not wanted, usually forcefully:

to get away from someone or something that will not stop following you:

to search a person or place carefully, usually in order to find things that are stolen or illegal:

to prevent something, or prevent someone from doing something, esp. until a later time:

to make someone so worried about doing something that they decide not to do it:

to get away from someone or something that will not stop following you:

to stop paying attention to something or someone:

to begin to have a particular quality:

to spend time away from your work:

to go to the door of a building or room with someone who does not live or work there, when they are leaving:

to force someone to leave a hiding place:

to try to solve a difficult problem or make a difficult decision:

if responsibility for something rests with someone, they are responsible for it: