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poistua — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • eject verb To force someone to leave a place.
  • excuse verb To forgive someone, or overlook a minor fault.
  • exit noun A way out of a place, such as a door or a passage.
  • go off phrasal verb To speak or act with sudden intense energy — either ranting angrily or performing brilliantly. Which one is meant depends entirely on tone.
  • vent noun An opening that allows air, gas, or smoke to pass through or escape.

Senses

poistua is used for these senses in English:

  • beat it (idiomatic, chiefly, as imperative, pejorative, colloquial, dismissal) To leave; to go away.
  • eject (transitive) To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
  • excuse (transitive) To allow to leave, or release from any obligation.
  • exit (intransitive) To go out or go away from a place or situation; to depart, to leave.
  • get away (with 'to' when used with an object) To take a break from one's present circumstances; to journey (to), especially on holiday.
  • get out (intransitive) To leave or escape.
  • go away To depart or leave a place.
  • go away To vanish or disappear.

eject — full definition

  1. verb To force someone to leave a place.
  2. verb To forcefully throw out or expel something.
  3. verb To safely propel oneself out of an aircraft in an emergency, usually using an ejection seat.
  4. verb To make a disc or drive pop out of a device, or to safely disconnect a removable drive.

excuse — full definition

  1. verb To forgive someone, or overlook a minor fault.
  2. verb To release someone from a duty or allow them to leave.
  3. noun A reason given to justify a mistake or avoid blame.

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