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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By the mid-1980s, most dissidents had been driven out, imprisoned, or silenced.
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Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Big changes at Civic Center are driving out the park’s popular Christkindlmarket in 2025, but annual mega-festivals and multi-day concerts such as the Outside Festival will return this summer.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025
Restive residents of dozens of communities across the West also banded together to drive out their Chinese neighbors.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Expect low visibilities and slowed driving out on the roads until conditions improve.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2024
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Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Big changes at Civic Center are driving out the park’s popular Christkindlmarket in 2025, but annual mega-festivals and multi-day concerts such as the Outside Festival will return this summer.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025
Restive residents of dozens of communities across the West also banded together to drive out their Chinese neighbors.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Expect low visibilities and slowed driving out on the roads until conditions improve.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Drive out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive%20out. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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