DISPOSE OF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dispose of mean? 

• DISPOSE OF (verb)
  The verb DISPOSE OF has 1 sense:

1. deal with or settle

  Familiarity information: DISPOSE OF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISPOSE OF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deal with or settle

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

He disposed of these cases quickly

Hypernyms (to "dispose of" is one way to...):

care; deal; handle; manage (be in charge of, act on, or dispose of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

I am here to take David back—to take him back unconditionally, to dispose of him as I think proper, and to deal with him as I think right.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

She has been allowed to dispose of her time in the most idle and frivolous manner, and to adopt any opinions that came in her way.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

You will ask me why I did not dispose of it?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Carefully handle and dispose of products that contain mercury.

(Mercury, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

We have reason to believe that you have taken a paper of importance from the Foreign Office, and that you ran in here to dispose of it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As everyone was out of the way but herself, Jo began to feel that she ought to dispose of herself with all speed.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I must spend some time with them; I am sure they will want it;—afterwards I may probably be glad to dispose of myself.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Few people of common prudence will do THAT; and whatever she saves, she will be able to dispose of.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

As they take in a blood meal, they urinate to dispose of the waste products.

(Novel insecticide blocks mosquitoes’ ability to urinate, NIH)

There was only a small part of his estate that Sir Walter could dispose of; but had every acre been alienable, it would have made no difference.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)