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 Myrtle Beach residents scrambled to drive out of the fiery scene in the small community of Carolina Forest, where the massive Covington Lane Fire scorched 1,600 acres.
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Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Yet the push to drive out the KKK offers lessons for our political moment.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The bulk of the recent kidnappings and killings have occurred in Homs, a city that saw some of the most brutal fighting in the yearslong civil war as well as attempts by the Assad regime to drive out Sunni Muslims.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Feb. 2025
The first pair was found thanks to members of the public recognizing them and alerting Mikhail, who immediately drove out there to get them.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
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Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Yet the push to drive out the KKK offers lessons for our political moment.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The bulk of the recent kidnappings and killings have occurred in Homs, a city that saw some of the most brutal fighting in the yearslong civil war as well as attempts by the Assad regime to drive out Sunni Muslims.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Feb. 2025
The first pair was found thanks to members of the public recognizing them and alerting Mikhail, who immediately drove out there to get them.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for drive out
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“Drive out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive%20out. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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