flush

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•  verb

1    [I,T] if you flush a toilet, of it flushes, you make water go through it to clean it
2    [T] to get rid of something by pouring water onto it
3    [I] to become red in the face, especially because you are embarrassed or angry:
?Billy flushed and looked down. --see also FLUSHED
flush sb <-> out phrasal verb [T]
to make someone leave the place where they are hiding:
?Indian police managed to flush out the terrorists using tear gas.