disabuseformal
Richard was happy to disabuse me of this naive notion.
Let me disabuse you of any notion that we give a damn.
I am not trying to disabuse anybody of any illusions.
I don't know what more I can say to disabuse you of this misunderstanding.
They said they wanted to disabuse the Australians of the belief they are the greatest sports nation in the world.
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account (to someone) for something
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adumbration
annotation
annotator
belabour
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disabuse
extenuate
indescribably
inexpressibly
justificatory
lay something out
limn
outline
sketch
spell
trace
what is he, are they, etc. like?idiom
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