to push or send away an attacker or other unwanted person:

to help or make life better for someone by taking something unpleasant away from them:

to help or make life better for someone by taking something unpleasant away from them:

to send a letter, document, or parcel by post:

to finish a relationship with someone and start one with another person:

to change and become someone or something different, or to make someone or something do this:

to make something or someone fit well or have good connections with something:

to continue to talk in an annoying way about something:

to stop all travel or movement of vehicles in an area because of bad weather:

If something or somewhere is peopled by/with a particular type of person, it is filled with them:

to prevent a person or organization from ending or changing an agreement or financial arrangement:

to prevent a person or organization from ending or changing an agreement or financial arrangement:

to persuade someone to do something:

to stop something touching or harming someone or something:

to take something away from someone, sometimes in a way that seems unfair or dishonest:

If a better situation or an opportunity to do something turns up, it happens or becomes available unexpectedly or in a way that was not planned:

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to want something very much:

to get the money that you need to pay for food, a place in which to stay, clothing, etc. from someone or something:

to be similar to, and make someone think of, something or someone else: