drive away

phrasal verb

drove away; driven away; driving away; drives away
: to cause or force (someone) to leave especially by making a situation unpleasant or unattractive
The store's high prices are driving away customers.

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When deputies arrived, about 50 vehicles were at the address and most of them tried to drive away. Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025 As natural predators, cats have been used for thousands of years to help drive away rodents on farms. Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025 As the couple tried to drive away, the suspect started shooting, striking each of them five times, according to the report. Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025 On Friday, January 3, 2025, at around 12:30 p.m., video surveillance near the 7100 block of South Meadow Dr. E, shows the suspect vehicle driving away with the victim's pet in the passenger seat. Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for drive away 

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“Drive away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive%20away. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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