verb
1. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings (Freq. 1)
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Drive away potential burglars
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drive away bad thoughts
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dispel doubts
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The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
• Syn: ↑chase away, ↑turn back, ↑drive away, ↑dispel, ↑drive off, ↑run off
• Hyponyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
2. force or drive out
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The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.
• Verb Group: ↑chase away, ↑turn back, ↑drive away, ↑dispel, ↑drive off, ↑run off
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
3. clear out the chest and lungs
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This drug expectorates quickly
• Syn: ↑expectorate, ↑clear out
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s something
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transitive verb : to space (typeset matter) widely
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ˌdrive ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they drive out he/she/it drives out present participle driving out past tense drove out past participle driven out] phrasal verb
to force someone or something to leave a place
Government forces have driven the rebels out of the eastern district.
Thesaurus: to force someone to leave a placesynonym
Main entry: drive
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drive out [phrasal verb]
drive (someone or something) out or drive out (someone or something) : to cause or force (someone or something) to leave
They drove out the invaders.
The family was driven out of the neighborhood by rising real estate prices.
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Main Entry: ↑drive
Useful english dictionary. 2012.