orphan off
verb- To treat (a child) as an orphan, such as by sending them into foster care or adopting them out.
- To remove all links to (something), leaving it an orphan; to render a technical item (website, function, etc.) useless by removing references that call on it.
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Here was an unexpectedly good chance to get this unwelcome orphan off her hands, and she did not even feel grateful for it.
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