WordNet
Usage examples of "shoo off".
The world remained in a lethargy during the week of evil omens in which he didn't get out of the hammock even to eat, he used the fan to shoo off the tame birds who alighted on his body, he shooed away the splotches of light coming through the pansies thinking they were tame birds, he received no one, he gave no orders, but the forces of public order remained aloof when the mobs of hired fanatics stormed the palace of the Apostolic Nunciature, sacked its museum of historic relics, surprised the nuncio taking his siesta outdoors in the peaceful backwaters of the inner garden, dragged him naked onto the street, shat on him general sir, just imagine, but he didn't move from the hammock, he didn .
Instead, Jonnie had taken a couple of Chinese soldiers to shoo off the lions and elephants when they threatened to interrupt his studies.
They gathered around the cache, swishing their hands through the air to shoo off the flies, and simply stared in awe at the pile of meat.
Riedl kneeled down beside a wounded comrade to wipe his perspiring forehead and to shoo off the flies.
Alexandre shook his head, as though to shoo off a fly--and then he simply toppled to the ground.
The card impressed Hoppy enough to shoo off the last of the lingering sales associates, and lock his office door.
Beside, them that lives here shoo off as many strangers as they kin, an' encourage the rest not to git very cur'ous, specially raound night time.
During the daytime, when you're sitting down, my ghost will shoo off the flies.