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drive away

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  • verb Used other than as an idiom. To depart by driving a vehicle.
  • verb idiomatic To force someone or something to leave

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

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synonyms (38)

Words with the same meaning

  1. attenuate
  2. beat back
  3. blow off
  4. brush off
  5. cast forth
  6. chase
  7. chase away
  8. chase off
  9. clear away
  10. cut
  11. dilute
  12. dismiss
  13. dispel
  14. dissipate
  15. dissolve
  16. drive back
  17. evaporate
  18. fend off
  19. hold off
  20. keep off
  21. pack off
  22. push back
  23. put back
  24. rebuff
  25. refuse
  26. repel
  27. repulse
  28. send away
  29. send off
  30. send packing
  31. snub
  32. spurn
  33. thin
  34. thin out
  35. thrust back
  36. turn back
  37. volatilize
  38. ward off

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. displace
  2. move

hyponyms (7)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. banish
  2. clear the air
  3. fire
  4. frighten
  5. shoo
  6. shoo away
  7. shoo off

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