- drive away
- verbforce to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings (Freq. 1)-
Drive away potential burglars
-drive away bad thoughts
-dispel doubts
-The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
• Hyponyms:• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Somebody ——s somebody
-Something ——s somebody
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ˌdrive a ˈway [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they drive away he/she/it drives away present participle driving away past tense drove away past participle driven away] phrasal verbto make someone stop wanting something or stop wanting to be with someoneIncreasing prices will only drive customers away.
Thesaurus: to have an effect on someone's emotions or attitudessynonymMain entry: drive* * *
drive away [phrasal verb]drive (someone) away or drive away (someone) : to cause or force (someone) to leave especially by making a situation unpleasant or unattractiveThe store's high prices are driving away customers.
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to leave in a vehicle; to take sb away in a vehicle•
We heard him drive away.
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Someone drove the car away in the night.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.