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.

Examples of drive away in a Sentence

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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