'V n from n' - Construction 10
| Name: | the dismiss an idea from the mind construction |
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| Description: | A person figuratively removes something such as an idea from somewhere such as a mind. |
| Verbs: | banish, chase, dismiss, eliminate, erase, excise, exclude, expunge |
| Example: | He dismissed all such thoughts from his mind. (BNC) |
| Membership: | figurative 'from'; move |
| Semantic fields and roles: |
Field: Location change.
Roles: NP1: Cause-move; NP2: Mover-abstract; NP3: Location
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