english
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Phrase(s): exile someone (from something) (to something)
to force someone to leave something or some place and go to something or some place, often as a punishment for political reasons. • The government exiled him from his hometown to an island off the coast of South America. • They exiled Gerald to another country.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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noun being sent to live in another country ADJ. long | permanent | enforced | self-imposed, voluntary | internal Many spent decades in labour camps or in internal exile. VERB + EXILE be driven/forced/sent into | flee into, go into The king went into exile after the overthrow of his government. | live in They joined the many other Armenians living in exile. | die in | return from He still hopes to return from exile one day. PREP. in ~ She had spent 40 years in exile. | ~ from Dante died in exile from Florence. PHRASES a place of exile person forced to live in another country ADJ. political | tax (= a rich person who moves to another country where taxes are lower) EXILE + VERB return A general amnesty was granted, allowing political exiles to return freely. PHRASES the recall of exiles, the return of exiles, verb ADV. permanently, temporarily | effectively He was effectively exiled after a failed bid for power. PREP. from The family was exiled from France. | to He was exiled to Siberia.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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verb
banish:
They will exile him for his actions.
noun
refugee:
He lived in Italy as an exile., verb
banished:
He was exiled because of crimes.
noun
expatriate:
The exile was now living in France.
Simple Definitions
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exile
verbs
go into exile
• Napoleon's wife and sons also went into exile.
live in exile
• The Guatemalan writer has lived in exile in Mexico for over 40 years.
be sent into exile
• The old leaders were removed from power and sent into exile.
be forced/driven into exile
• Many of his political opponents have been forced into exile.
die in exile
• He never returned to his own country, but died in exile.
return from exile
• Martinez returned from exile to the islands in May 1990 and was later elected President.
adjectives
long exile
• The first of many refugees have finally returned home from a long exile in Senegal.
permanent exile
• The King threatened her with permanent exile.
self-imposed/voluntary exile
(= when someone goes into exile willingly, without being forced )
• He spoke to the media from his self-imposed exile in the United States.
enforced exile
(= when someone is forced to go into exile )
• After 12 years of enforced exile abroad, Almeyda returned home to Salvador.
internal exile
(= when someone is forced to move somewhere within a country )
• The governor has the power to send people into internal exile in other regions.
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