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Definition of Shoo off
1. Verb. Drive away by crying 'shoo!'.
Generic synonyms: Chase Away, Dispel, Drive Away, Drive Off, Drive Out, Run Off, Turn Back
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoo Off
Literary usage of Shoo off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1902)
"He must know how to "shoo" off these pests, and how to minimize their injury, if
they succeed in making a lodgment. Also he must know how much his crop is ..."
2. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1812)
"... and of his malice aforethought did shoo: off and discharge, and that the
prisoner Hugh Reason, with the leaden bullets aforesaid, issuing and shot off ..."
3. A Book of the Severn by Arthur Granville Bradley (1920)
"Nor can you shoo off a Hereford by waving your arms and shouting. He may pause
a moment and regard you with blank and pained surprise ; but he will come ..."
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