shoo fly
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to make a fly go away by waving your hand
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Examples (10)
- Shoo that fly away from the baby's face.
- He tried to shoo the persistent fly with his newspaper.
- She was busy shooing flies away from the potato salad at the picnic.
- Stop waving your arms; you won't shoo the fly that way.
- With a flick of her wrist, she tried to shoo the fly that had landed on the cake.
- The little boy giggled as he attempted to shoo the fly off his ice cream cone.
- I'll have to shoo these flies out before our guests arrive.
- Could you please shoo that fly out the open window?
- He used a rolled-up magazine to shoo the fly away from the light.
- Every time we eat on the patio, we have to constantly shoo flies.