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3. starve out of some place

starve out of some place

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starve (someone or an animal) out of some place

 and starve someone or an animal out

to force a living creature to come out of a hiding place or a place of security by starvation. The attackers tried to starve the people out of the walled city. We tried to starve out the mice.

See also: of, out, place, starve