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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According to a 2021 Government Accountability Office report, collapsing the D.C. office drove out the agency’s most experienced employees and more than doubled the number of vacancies.
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Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025
Ancona drove out in their truck and Mathews took the wheel of the RV.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
The group captured Goma that same year, before being driven out and going to ground.
—Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 26 Jan. 2025
Ayotte made an appeal in her speech for businesses being driven out of Massachusetts to resettle in New Hampshire.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2025
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Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025
Ancona drove out in their truck and Mathews took the wheel of the RV.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025
The group captured Goma that same year, before being driven out and going to ground.
—Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 26 Jan. 2025
Ayotte made an appeal in her speech for businesses being driven out of Massachusetts to resettle in New Hampshire.
—Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Drive out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive%20out. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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