ЛИШАТЬ СЛОВА

• ЛИШАТЬ/ЛИШИТЬ СЛОВА кого••

[VP; subj: human]

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⇒ (usu. of a person who chairs a meeting, conference etc) to force s.o. to stop speaking before he has finished what he wanted to say:

- X лишил Y-а слова••≈ X took the floor away from Y;

- X cut Y off (short);

- [in limited contexts] X silenced Y.

     ♦ ...Не пора ли лишить слова бишофсбергских бюргеров и рассказать обо всем с присущим нам бесстрастием? (Федин 1). ...Is it not time to silence the Bischofsberg burghers and relate all with our customary impartiality? (1a).