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Hive Off

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Verb

1. hive off

remove from a group and make separate

Example Sentences:
'The unit was hived off from its parent company'

2. divert, hive off

withdraw (money) and move into a different location, often secretly and with dishonest intentions

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Hive Off

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verb (adverb)
1. 
to transfer or be transferred from a larger group or unit
2. (usually tr)
to transfer (profitable activities of a nationalized industry) back to private ownership

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Hive Off

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1. 
to depart from a group
2. 
to separate from the whole
hived off the first graders to another playground

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Hive Off

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n.
1.
a. A structure for housing domesticated honeybees.
b. A nest built by wild or feral bees.
c. A colony of bees living in such a structure or nest.
2. A place swarming with activity.
v. hived, hiv·ing, hives
v.tr.
1. To collect into a hive.
2. To store (honey) in a hive.
3. To store up; accumulate.
v.intr.
1. To enter and occupy a beehive.
2. To live with many others in close association.

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