weansomeoneoffsomething
phrasal verbwithweanverb[T]uk/weɪn/us/weɪn/
(USalsoweansomeonefromsomething)to make someonegraduallystopusing something that isbadfor them:
It'sdifficulttoweanaddictsoffcocaineoncethey'rehooked.
Thewholeschemeisintendedtoweanpeopleoffwelfaredependency.
Causing something to end
- abandon
- abandonment
- all good things (must) come to an endidiom
- and have done with itidiom
- be over the humpidiom
- draw
- jacksomethingin
- killsomethingstone-deadidiom
- knock
- knock off (something)
- lay
- lay the ghost ofsomething(to rest)idiom
- lid
- lift
- raise
- stanch
- staunch
- stem
- stopper
- stranglesomethingat birthidiom
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