Definition

1. Verb:
   • To deceive; to cheat; to swindle: To trick someone, often to obtain money or something of value dishonestly.
   • To push aside; to brush away; to reject: To physically move something to the side or to dismiss an idea, feeling, or person.

Usage Examples

• To deceive:
  • Cô ta gạt tôi lấy tiền. (She cheated me out of my money.)
  • Đừng để bị gạt bởi những lời hứa hão huyền. (Don't be duped by empty promises.)
• To push aside/reject:
  • Anh ấy gạt nước mắt. (He brushed away his tears.)
  • Hội đồng đã gạt bỏ đề xuất đó. (The council rejected that proposal.)

Advanced Usage

• "gạt đi": to dismiss, to wave aside (an idea, a thought).
  • Cô ấy gạt đi mọi nghi ngờ. (She dismissed all doubts.)
• "gạt nợ" (idiomatic): to repudiate a debt; to refuse to pay a debt.
  • Hắn tìm cách gạt nợ. (He tried to wriggle out of the debt.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gạt bỏ (v): to cast aside, to eliminate (often used for abstract things like prejudices, thoughts).
  • Gạt bỏ định kiến. (To cast aside prejudice.)
• Gạt tàn (v): to ash (to tap or brush ash from a cigarette).
  • Gạt tàn thuốc lá. (To ash a cigarette.)

Synonyms

• Deceive: to trick, to dupe, to beguile.
• Reject: to dismiss, to turn down, to brush aside.

Related Idioms

• Gạt lệ: to wipe away tears (a literary expression).
  • Nàng gạt lệ từ biệt. (She wiped her tears and said goodbye.)
• Gạt ra ngoài tai: to turn a deaf ear to; to ignore what is heard.
  • Anh ấy gạt mọi lời khuyên ra ngoài tai. (He turned a deaf ear to all advice.)

verb

1. to dupe; to beguile; to cheat; to take in
   • cô ta gạt tôi lấy tiền
     she cheated me out of my money to reject; to turn aside