| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To be unwilling to accept, consider, or receive: decline, refuse, reject, spurn, turn down. Slang : nix. Idioms: turn thumbs down on. See ACCEPT. 2. To direct or allow to leave: send (away). Idioms: send about one's business, send packing, show someone the door. See KEEP. 3. To end the employment or service of: cashier, discharge, drop, release, terminate. Informal : ax, fire, pink-slip. Slang : boot1, bounce, can, sack1. Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door. See KEEP. 4. To rid one's mind of: banish, cast out, dispel, shut out. See KEEP. 5. To cease consideration or treatment of: drop, give over, give up, skip. Idioms: have done with, wash one's hands of. See KEEP. 6. To put out by force: bump, eject, evict, expel, oust, throw out. Informal : chuck. Slang : boot1 (out), bounce, kick out. Idioms: give someone the boot, give someone the heave-ho (or old heave-ho) , send packing, show someone the door, throw out on one's ear. See KEEP.
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