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Definition of
shoo verb
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
shoo
verb
verb
NAmE
/
/
ʃu
/
/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they
shoo
he / she / it
shoos
past simple
shooed
-ing form
shooing
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shoo
somebody/something (+ adv./prep.)
to make someone or something go away or to another place, especially by saying
‘
shoo
’
and waving your arms and hands
He shooed the dog out of the kitchen.
See
shoo
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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