单词 | to shut one's hands of |
释义 | > as lemmasto shut one's hands of a. †To set (a person) free from, relieve of (something troublesome). Obsolete except in passive (dialect and colloquial) to be, get shut of, (dialect) shut on, to shut one's hands of: to be rid of, free from; also elliptical. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > get or be rid of refusea1387 to be rid of (also on)c1450 beskyfte1470 to be, get shut of, (dialect) shut on?a1500 to claw off1514 get1558 to put away1577 to get rid of1591 quit1606 to get off with1719 ding1753 shoot1805 to stay shet of1837 shuck1848 shunt1858 shake1872 to dust off1938 the world > action or operation > safety > rescue or deliverance > rescue or deliver (from) [verb (transitive)] > deliver or free from aleseOE redd1488 shut?a1500 sever?1507 rid?1526 enda1592 ?a1500 Chester Pl. (1847) II. 31 Though he have healed thee, Shute from us shall he not be. ?a1500 Chester Pl. (1847) II. 33 To shutte hym of his dangere. 1575–6 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 312 This examinate promised..that he wold marye the said Grace..so that he might be shutt of the promises he hadd maid to one Marian Raic. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden To Rdr. sig. D3 Doo what I can I shall not be shut of him. 1621 A. Cade Serm. Nature of Conscience 45 He cannot be quiet till hee bee shut of it [his divell]. 1692 Scarronides ii. Pref. 2 After his Taylor and Valet have shut their hands of him. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xiv. i, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 430 His own life would be in danger, unless he..got shut of Aristobulus. 1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie xii Happy will it prove for the boy if he is well shut of them. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. v. 68 As for a bad man, one's glad enough to get shut on him. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 223 Types which all cattleholders agree in desiring to ‘get shut of’. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xxii. 356 Your family pays money to be shut of you. 1914 D. H. Lawrence Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd iii. 84 Who dost think wor goin' ter stop when we knowed 'e on'y kep on so's to get shut on us. 1976 S. Barstow Right True End i. iv. 65 ‘I haven't got her.’ ‘You're well shut, from all I hear.’ < as lemmas |
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