Definition of drive out Drive out
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What does drive out mean?
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| 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, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| frighten cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" | ||
| fire bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery" | ||
| 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 - force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." | ||
| rout out, force out, rouse | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| chase away, drive away, drive off, dispel, drive out, turn back, run off 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 pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" | ||
| smoke out drive out with smoke; "smoke out the bees" | ||
| drive out - clear out the chest and lungs; "This drug expectorates quickly" | ||
| expectorate, clear out | ||
| take away, remove, withdraw, take take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" | ||
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