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Phrase(s): channel something off
1. Lit. to drain off water or some other liquid through a channel. • The front yard is flooded, and we will have to channel the water off. • Let’s channel off the water before it gets too deep. 2. Fig. to drain off or waste energy, money, effort, etc. • Unemployment channeled their resources off. • The war channeled off most of the resources of the country.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs