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drive out
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  drive out - 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 away, drive off, 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." | | 2. | drive out - force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."rouse, rout out, force outmove, 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"chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back - 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"hunt - chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"smoke out - drive out with smoke; "smoke out the bees" | | 3. | drive out - clear out the chest and lungs; "This drug expectorates quickly"expectorate, clear outremove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
Translationsdébusquerdénicherrépandredrive out
drive out1. To travel to some location outside of one's current vicinity by driving. When do you guys plan to drive out here?2. To cause, compel, or force someone or something to leave some place. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "drive" and "out." What can we do to drive these troublesome raccoons out of our yard? I'll drive out those ruffians, don't you worry.3. To pressure someone to resign or otherwise force someone to leave or be removed from a prominent, authoritative position. A noun or pronoun can be used between "drive" and "out." Do you think these accusations are credible or just an attempt to drive out the CEO?See also: drive, outdrive someone (or an animal) outof something and drive someone or an animal out to force or chase someone or an animal out of something or some place. We drove them all out of the country. We drove out the troublesome kids.See also: drive, outdrive out(to some place) to go in a vehicle to a place that is away from one's home, away from a city, etc. We drove out to a little place in the country for a picnic. Why don't you drive out this weekend? We would love to have you here.See also: drive, outdrive outv.1. To force someone or something to leave some place: The rising cost of rent drove the tenants out. The pesticide drove out the insects.2. To travel to some destination in a vehicle: We might drive out to the country this weekend. I was driving out toward Denver when the blizzard hit.See also: drive, outdrive out
Synonyms for drive outverb force to go awaySynonyms- chase away
- dispel
- drive away
- drive off
- 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
verb force or drive outSynonymsRelated Words- move
- displace
- chase away
- dispel
- drive away
- drive off
- drive out
- run off
- turn back
- hunt
- smoke out
verb clear out the chest and lungsSynonymsRelated Words- remove
- take away
- withdraw
- take
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