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Definition of Chase away
1. Verb. Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings. "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
Specialized synonyms: Frighten, Fire, Clear The Air, Banish, Shoo, Shoo Away, Shoo Off
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Related verbs: Drive Out, Force Out, Rouse, Rout Out
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chase Away
Literary usage of Chase away
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Year of Consolation by Fanny Kemble (1847)
"So must it be, while from my aching heart Thy blessed, lovely vision day by day
All other images shall chase away, Till one by one all other forms depart, ..."
2. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"Eyes like thine should ne'er know tears, CHASE away those anxious cares, Bonny,
... Then chase away, &c. As the dews that fall on earth, Bonny lassie, ..."
3. The Works of Robt. Leighton by Robert Leighton, George Jerment (1805)
"... his love will certainly grow, and will chase away those follies that the world
doats upon, as unworthy to be taken notice of by such a soul. Ver. ..."
4. The Golden Words of a Sufi Sheikh: Revised Edition by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (Ral.), M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen (2006)
"O man, if you chase away the blood ties If you chase the bondage of the body If
you chase these with your wisdom The laws of God's unfailing justice Will be ..."
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