shoo away

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   drive away by crying `shoo!'

   Synonymsshoo offshoo

   Broaderchase away

Questions about shoo away

What does shoo away mean?

shoo away means "drive away by crying `shoo!'".

What is another word for shoo away?

Close synonyms include shoo off, shoo. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shoo away a common word?

shoo away is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.