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warn someone off

to advise a person to stay away. We placed a guard outside the door to warn people off until the gas leak could be fixed. The guards warned off everyone in the vicinity.

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Starbuck, look at the binnacle watch, and in three minutes from this present instant warn off all strangers: then brace forward again, and let the ship sail as before. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context Farebrother should have taken pains rather to warn off than to obtain his interest, showed an unusual delicacy and generosity, which Lydgate's nature was keenly alive to. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context The darkness of the jungle night had settled down upon the camp, relieved only by the fitful flarings of the fire that was kept up to warn off the man-eaters. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			want off want out want out of want to bet want to curl up and die Want to make of it? war war against war over war with ward off warm warm as toast warm body warm over warm the bench warm the cockles of heart warm up warm up to warmed over warn warn about warn against warn away from warn of warn off warpath warrant warts and all was wash wash away wash dirty laundry in public wash down wash hands of wash of wash off wash out wash out of wash over wash overboard wash up Wash your mouth out! washed out washed up washer wasn waste waste away waste breath waste no time in			Warmte Terug Winning warmth warmth warmth warmth warmth of feeling Warmth, ABCs, Rest and Reassurance, Treatment, Semi-prone position Warmthless warmup warmup warmup Warmups Warmups Warmups warmware warn warn warn warn warn warn warn about WARN Act WARN Act of 1988 warn against warn against warn away from warn beforehand warn in advance warn of warn off warn off the course warn off the course Warn Rock Crawling Championship Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Warnborough Worldwide Alumni Association Warne Warne Warne, Shane (Keith) Warne, Shane (Keith) warned warned warned warned exposed warned off warned off warned off the course warned off the course warned protected Warnell School of Forest Resources Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources Warnemunde Warnemünde warner warner warner Warner Advanced Media Operations Warner Bros Movie World Madrid Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Consumer Products Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution

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