drive off

/draɪv ɑf/

/draɪv ɒf/

Other forms: drove off; driven off; driving off; drives off

Definitions of drive off

1. verb

   force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
   synonyms: chase away, dispel, drive away, drive out, run off, turn back

   drive out, force out, rouse, rout out

   force or drive out

   types:

   frighten

   drive out by frightening

   fire

   drive out or away by or as if by fire

   clear the air

   dispel differences or negative emotions

   banish

   drive away

   shoo, shoo away, shoo off

   drive away by crying `shoo!'

   type of:

   displace, move

   cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense