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drive away
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  drive away - force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"chase away, dispel, drive off, drive out, run off, turn backfrighten - drive out by frighteningmove, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"fire - drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"clear the air - dispel differences or negative emotions; "The group called a meeting to finally clear the air"banish - drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"shoo, shoo away, shoo off - drive away by crying `shoo!'drive out, rouse, rout out, force out - force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." |
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drive away1. To leave some place in an automobile. Once my parents had driven away, I called all of my friends and invited them over.2. To transport someone or something from some place in a vehicle. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "drive" and "away." Can we call Animal Control to drive away the raccoons that we've trapped?3. To entice someone or something to leave some place. What can we do to drive away these troublesome raccoons?See also: away, drivedrive someone (or an animal) away (from something or some place) to repel someone or an animal from something or some place. We drove the monkeys away from the pineapples. We drove away the monkeys from the fruit.See also: away, drivedrive awayto leave some place driving a vehicle. They got in the car and drove away. They drove away and left us here.See also: away, drivedrive awayv.1. To leave a place in a vehicle: We got in our car after the party and drove away.2. To take someone or something away in a vehicle: The farmer drove the puppies away to their new home. The police drove away the criminals in their van.3. To repel someone or something: We drove the bugs away with insect repellent. The smell drove away trespassers.See also: away, drivedrive away
Related to drive away: drive offSynonyms for drive awayverb force to go awaySynonyms- chase away
- dispel
- drive off
- drive out
- run off
- turn back
Related Words- frighten
- move
- displace
- fire
- clear the air
- banish
- shoo
- shoo away
- shoo off
- drive out
- rouse
- rout out
- force out
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