relieve of
phrasal verbrelieve somebody of something
- to help somebody by taking something heavy or difficult from them
- Let me relieve you of some of your bags.
- The new secretary will relieve us of some of the paperwork.
- Free pre-school education would relieve households of a large financial burden.
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- (informal, ironic) to steal something from somebody
- A boy with a knife relieved him of his wallet.
- to dismiss somebody from a job, position, etc.
- General Beale was relieved of his command.