دست به سر كردن

English translation: get rid of / send away

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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:	دست به سر كردن
English translation:	get rid of / send away
Entered by:	SeiTT

20:13 Nov 6, 2010

Persian (Farsi) to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: دست به سر كردن

Greetings,

Here's the sentence concerned:

دست به سرش كردم، رفت پي كارش

All the best, and many thanks,

Simon

PS In case more context is needed, apparently دست به سر كردن can be defined asبا حيله و ترفند و دادن جواب سربالا، كسي را از خود براي مدتي دور كردن.

SeiTT KudoZ activity Questions: 3738 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 1 United Kingdom
Local time: 08:42

get rid of / send away

Explanation:

Selected response from:

Hossein Abbasi Mohaghegh
Local time: 11:12

Grading comment

many thanks very good indeed
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +6

get rid of / send away

Hossein Abbasi Mohaghegh

5 +1

tantalize

Reza Ebrahimi

5 +1

to throw sb off the scent

Behnam Paran

5 +1

to send sb packing

Farzad Akmali

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

get rid of / send away

Explanation:

Hossein Abbasi Mohaghegh
Local time: 11:12
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

many thanks very good indeed

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

tantalize

Explanation:
provoke or tease by presenting sth as available and then withholding it

Reza Ebrahimi
United States
Local time: 00:42
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 31

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

to throw sb off the scent

Explanation:
to give someone false or confusing information to try to stop them discovering something or to get them off your back

Example:
The robber managed to throw the police off the scent for several days.
.سارق موفق شد پلیس را برای چند روز دست به سر کند

Behnam Paran
Local time: 11:12
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

to send sb packing

Explanation:
send someone packing
Fig. to send someone away; to dismiss someone, possibly rudely. I couldn't stand him anymore, so I sent him packing. The maid proved to be so incompetent that I had to send her packing.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/send packing

send someone packing

Definition: to tell someone to go away, usually in a rude way because you are annoyed with them

Example: He was trying to ask me some more questions, but I sent him packing.

Usage note: informal idiom

http://www.idiom-of-the-day.com/2008/08/send-someone-packing...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2010-11-07 02:11:53 GMT)
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Idiom Definitions for 'Send someone packing'

If you send someone packing, you send them away, normally when they want something from you.
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/send someone pa...

Farzad Akmali
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 32

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