to get rid of unwanted things or people from a group:

to remove dust or dirt from someone or something by using your hands or a brush:

If a place is swarming with people or things, there are large numbers of them moving around it:

to do whatever is necessary to stay level or equal with someone or something:

to have sex with someone:

to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation:

to find someone after searching hard:

to clean the surface of something, such as a table, with a cloth:

If a married man or woman messes around with someone, they have a sexual relationship with someone who is not their wife or husband:

to buy or get something quickly and enthusiastically because it is cheap or exactly what you want:

to intentionally destroy a building or other structure because it is not being used or it is not wanted any more:

to try to improve a relationship after there have been problems:

to write something quickly on a piece of paper so that you remember it:

to start doing something more effectively or with more energy:

to cause something to be blocked so that it does not work in the way it should:

to write or print something, especially to record it in a formal document:

If you take words, information, or ideas from another person or piece of work, you use or develop them in some way:

to put someone or something in opposition or competition with someone or something else:

to remove something that is on a wall or something that is temporary, or to remove a structure by separating its different parts:

a member of your family: