discharge

discharge (someone or something) from (something)

1. To release someone from something. Based on these X-rays, your foot has healed completely, and I can discharge you from my care.
2. To fire someone from a job. Phil was discharged from his job once he was caught embezzling money.
3. To shoot something from a gun. I discharged another bullet from my gun but still missed the target.
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discharge (something) into (something)

To release something into a particular place or receptacle. It's good to keep house plants around because they discharge oxygen into the air. The company was fined for discharging wastewater into the creek.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

discharge someone from something

 
1. . to fire someone from a job. The manager discharged Walter from his position with the bank. Walter was discharged from his job.
2. to permit a person to leave a place, such as a hospital or the armed service. They discharged her from the hospital today. She was well enough to be discharged from the hospital.
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discharge something from something

to fire a round from a gun. I discharged two bullets from the gun accidentally. Randy discharged about twenty rounds from his automatic rifle.
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discharge something into something

to let something out of something into something else. She discharged some nitrogen from the tank into the laboratory by accident. The technician discharged oxygen into the atmosphere.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
  • accompany on a journey
  • be out of (one's) league
  • be out of somebody's league
  • be/have done with somebody/something
  • bargain
  • bargain for (someone or something) with (someone)
  • brief (someone) about (someone or something)
  • brief about
  • a dog in the manger
References in periodicals archive
The braid itself can act as a conductor and when the discharge from the air touches the braid, it will create discharges.
PARTIAL DISCHARGE DETECTION METHOD AND PATTERN RECOGNITION USING FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM AND WAVELET ANALYSIS
Use of a daily discharge goals checklist during interprofessional rounds did not decrease significantly the time from when medical discharge occurred and when hospital discharge actually occurred.
Use of a daily discharge goals checklist for timely discharge and patient satisfaction
However, occurrence of discharge blow-off inhibits continuous energy supply.
Development of Ignition Technology for Dilute Combustion Engines
He further notes that the front discharge design offers significant advantages for operations that focus on residential construction.
Delivery differentiation: West Oahu Aggregate brings front discharge trucks to a crowded Aloha state market
Bacterial vaginosis, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis, vaginal discharge, vulvovaginal candidiasis.
A study of etiopathogenesis of vaginal discharge in a tertiary care hospital in North India
A retrospective review of discharge summaries completed for children admitted to the general paediatric wards from 1 May to 31 July 2016 was undertaken.
An evaluation of the quality of discharge summaries from the general paediatric wards at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the transient processes in the discharge circuit of reservoir capacitor of electric discharge installations at a change in the circuit configuration during the discharge as well as to determine the appropriate circuit parameters for which the discharge process described by third-order differential equation remains a damped oscillatory process.
APPLICATION OF VYSHNEGRADKY'S DIAGRAMS FOR TRANSIENT ANALYSIS IN ELECTRIC DISCHARGE INSTALLATIONS WITH STOCHASTIC LOAD
Besides, the only way to know the discharge fees these establishments need to pay to the DENR is through the discharge permit being issued by us, he added.
DENR to review 'exemption' policy for Boracay businesses
A discharge upgrade may qualify a veteran for VA medical care, disability compensation, educational, home loans and/or pension benefits.
Discharge Upgrade
Replying a question, justice Thipsay said, "The High Court has powers of revision and can set aside the discharge orders.
Discharge orders in Sohrabuddin case alarming: ex- judge
Physicians were encouraged to get at least 40 percent of their discharge orders written by 10 a.m.
LEADING INDICATORS TO CUT PATIENT STAYS
"The policy is meant to ease the burden on veterans and give them a reasonable opportunity to establish the extenuating circumstances of their discharge."
Veterans with 'bad paper' discharges getting second look
River Kabul is in medium floods at Warsak and Nowshera with 61697 and 99400 cusecs water discharge respectively.
Rivers in medium, low floods in KP: PDMA
Shaft spillway in such dams is a good option in flood discharge. One of the characteristics of these types of spillways is forming eddy current in its inlet.
Review of the efficiency of shaft spillway discharge influenced by sharp triangular vortex breaker blades with rectangular body
The discharge summary is an integral part of continuing patient care.
Content and timing of inpatient discharge summaries at the mount