| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To end the employment or service of: cashier, discharge, dismiss, drop, terminate. Informal : ax, fire, pink-slip. Slang : boot1, bounce, can, sack1. Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door. See KEEP. 2. To discharge material, as vapor or fumes, usually suddenly and violently: emit, give, give forth, give off, give out, issue, let off, let out, send forth, throw off, vent. See FREE, MOVE. 3. To set at liberty: discharge, emancipate, free, liberate, loose, manumit. Slang : spring. Idioms: let loose. See FREE. 4. To free from or cast out something objectionable or undesirable: clear, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, relieve, rid, shake off, throw off, unburden. Slang : shake. See KEEP.
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