chasing away
Scaring something away
Chasing away means driving someone or something off through pursuit or intimidation.
You might chase away a stray dog from your yard, or chase away unwanted thoughts by staying busy.
The phrase suggests active effort to make something leave or disperse, whether physical creatures, people, or abstract things like fears and doubts.
The scarecrow was meant to chase away birds from the corn.
- dispellingScattering or eliminating
- shooingUrging something away
- evictingRemoving by legal process
- riddingRemoving completely from
- getting rid ofRemoving or discarding
banishment · exorcising · frighten · running off · deterrence · drive out · expel · oust · warding off · eject · dispersing · intimidate · beating back · clearing out · fend off · dislodge · exclude · fighting off
- expulsionsejection, ousting, expelling, forcing out, eviction
chasing awayattracting
Drawing toward oneself
drawing in · luring · beckoning · enticing · pulling in
chasing awaykeeping
Holding in custody
retaining · harboring · sheltering · gathering · collecting