drive out

phrasal verb

drove out; driven out; driving out; drives out

: to cause or force (someone or something) to leave

They drove the invaders out.

The family was driven out of the neighborhood by rising real estate prices.

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The threat of violence and the power of nature itself (deafening thunderstorms, imposing darkness) haunt each drive out to the mountains. —

Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2024 No, no, no, crypto denizens cry, Gresham is wrong, good money, i.e. bitcoin drives out bad, i.e. dollars. —

Clem Chambers, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 He's used swear words to describe Kamala Harris, this really aggressively macho approach to really drive out the base. —

Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024 After a trip to New York City, the couple decided to drive out to Connecticut to continue their house-hunting search, which the content creator first shared online last month. —

Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drive out