drive away
See also: driveaway
English
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Verb
drive away (third-person singular simple present drives away, present participle driving away, simple past drove away, past participle driven away)
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see drive, away.
- This car's a real bargain, and you could drive it away this afternoon!
- (idiomatic) To force someone or something to leave
- 2009, June 10,, Football, The Guardian
- Sébastien Bassong is being driven away by the "madness" at Newcastle United, a source close to the Frenchman has told the local Evening Chronicle newspaper.
- I managed to drive the vultures away by shouting and waving my arms about.
- Unsanitary conditions are driving away business.
- 2009, June 10,, Football, The Guardian
Translations
to depart by driving
to force someone to leave
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