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Bear off Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Bear off has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state

"Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"

"The car carried us off to the meeting"

"I'll take you away on a holiday"

"I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"

2

To gain; to carry off, as a prize.

Example Sentences
"Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands" verb
"The car carried us off to the meeting" verb
"I'll take you away on a holiday" verb
"I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry" verb
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Related Terms
Antonyms
get
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
remove
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
spirit away whisk off
Rhyming Words
off boff hoff doff coff loff moff koff toff goff geoff scoff swoff groff cloff droff gnoff feoff snoff nroff
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