chase off

(v) : (transitive) To discard or reject something.

(v) : (ambitransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.

(v) : (intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.

(v) : (printing, historical) To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.