disabuse someone of something
- disabuse someone of something
disabuse someone of something
to rid someone of an incorrect idea. •
Please allow me to disabuse you of that assumption.
•
Please disabuse yourself of the notion that you are perfect.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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