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bear off
verb
remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
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Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands

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The car carried us off to the meeting

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I'll take you away on a holiday

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I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry

• Syn: ↑take away, ↑bear away, ↑carry away, ↑carry off
• Ant: ↑bring (for: ↑take away)
• Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw
• Hyponyms: ↑spirit away, ↑spirit off, ↑whisk off, ↑whisk away
• Entailment: ↑leave, ↑go forth, ↑go away
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

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verb
Etymology: bear (IV)
transitive verb
1.
a. : to ward off
b. : to remove to a distance : to keep off or clear from rubbing against anything

bear off a boat

2. : gain : carry off (as a prize)
intransitive verb
1. : to steer away
2. : to remove the backgammon men finally from the board after they are all home

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Sailing change course away from the wind
■ Nautical steer away from something, typically the land

Useful english dictionary. 2012.