relievesomeoneofsomething
phrasal verbwithrelieveverbuk/rɪˈliːv/us/rɪˈliːv/
(TAKE)
C2formal
to take from apersonsomething that they arecarrying, in ahelpfulorpoliteway:
May Irelieveyou of thatheavybag?
humorous
tostealsomething from someone:
Thepickpocketdelicatelyrelievedhim of hiswallet.
Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- bear away
- confiscate
- confiscation
- creamsomething/someoneoff
- debug
- drain
- expropriate
- expropriation
- extractive
- get off
- impound
- relieve
- rootsomething/someoneout
- routsomeoneout
- seize
- shelf
- stripping
- suck
- sweep
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Stealing
(END JOB)
C2[usually passive]formal
toremovesomeone fromtheirjoborpositionbecause they have done somethingwrong:
Following thescandal, he wasrelievedof hispostasdeputyfinanceminister.
The committee'schairpersonis to berelievedof herduties.
Thegeneralwasrelievedof hiscommandin 1941.
Firing staff
- axe
- be out onyourearidiom
- castsomeoneadriftidiom
- chop
- constructive dismissal
- decertification
- firing
- get the pushidiom
- givesomeonethe heave-hoidiom
- heave-ho
- invalidsomeoneout
- relieve
- removal
- remove
- retire
- rightsize
- rightsizing
- sack
- terminate
- termination