BEAR OFF Definition & Meaning

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bear off

adverb nautical (of a vessel) to avoid hitting an obstacle, another vessel, etc, by swerving onto a different course

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That is, until white settlers arrived and wiped the bears off the landscape.

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Over time, white settlers wiped the creek’s namesake bears off the landscape, too.

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When the bears couldn’t be roused, base security was called and sounded sirens meant to scare the bears off, she said.

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But officers weren’t able to chase the bear off Sept. 9, and said the bear tried to intimidate officers.

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Grant’s golden retriever, Jake, leaped forward and chased the bear off the property, driving it into the woods.

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