shoo off

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   drive away by crying `shoo!'

   Synonymsshooshoo away

   Broaderchase away

Questions about shoo off

What does shoo off mean?

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

What is another word for shoo off?

Close synonyms include shoo, shoo away. 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 off a common word?

shoo off 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.