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Definition of
starve out phrasal verb
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
starve out
phrasal verb
phrasal verb
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Phrasal Verbs
starve somebody
out (of something)
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to force someone to leave a particular building or area by not allowing them to get any food
If they won't come out, we'll starve them out!
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starve out
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Nearby words
starve into doing
phrasal verb
starve of
phrasal verb
starve out
phrasal verb
stash
verb
stash
noun