disabuse
verb (used with object)
to free (a person) from deception or error.
are disabusing
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present progressiveof disabuse.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Employees of Rollins, Inc., a diversified Atlanta company, got the deliciously wrong idea that everybody's pay would automatically jump 5.5%; executives are disabusing them of that notion.
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