see off

verb

to be present at the departure of (a person making a journey)
informal, to cause to leave or depart, esp by force

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Tries from warp-speed back-row pair Ben Earl and Henry Pollock helped England see off Australia as their power-packed bench ultimately swung an untidy opening autumn Test.

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However, Wattimena reeled off eight legs on the bounce to clinically see off Aspinall and seal his second ranking title of the season.

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A par on the 17th was enough to see off Cantlay's challenge. 13-8.

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His comments, likely to be seen as a pitch for a leadership bid, come after his interview with the New Statesman on Wednesday where he criticised the prime minister's approach, saying there needed to be "wholesale change" to see off an "existential" threat to Labour.

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Ellie Kildunne scores two tries on her comeback as England dig deeper than they have all tournament to see off a stubborn France and book their place in a seventh successive Women's Rugby World Cup final.

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see of see one's way to

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