relieve sb of sth
— phrasal verb with relieve uk/rɪˈliːv/us/rɪˈliːv/verb
(TAKE)
C2 formal to take from a person something that they are carrying, in a helpful or polite way:
May I relieve you of that heavy bag?
humorous to steal something from someone:
The pickpocket delicately relieved him of his wallet.
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- confiscate
- cream sth/sb off
- de-
- debug
- denude
- drain
- impound
- infringe on/upon sth
- knock
- knock sth out of sb
- nab
- relieve
- shelf
- suck
- suck sb/sth dry idiom
- sweep
- take sth out
- tow
- tow-away
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Stealing
(END JOB)
C2 [ usually passive ] formal to remove someone from their job or position because they have done something wrong:
Following the scandal, he was relieved of his post as deputy finance minister.
The committee's chairperson is to be relieved of her duties.
The general was relieved of his command in 1941.
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Firing staff
- axe
- be out on your ear idiom
- chop
- constructive dismissal
- defrock
- delayering
- furlough
- get the push idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- grass
- heave-ho
- invalid sb out
- pension
- relieve
- removal
- remove
- retire
- sack
- sacking
- shakeout
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