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Verb

drive off - force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

chase away, dispel, drive away, drive out, run off, turn back

frighten - drive out by frightening

move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

fire - drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"

clear the air - dispel differences or negative emotions; "The group called a meeting to finally clear the air"

banish - drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"

shoo, shoo away, shoo off - drive away by crying `shoo!'

drive out, rouse, rout out, force out - force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."

Translations

يُبْعِدُ، يَطْرُدُيَقْذِفُ الضَّرْبَةَ الأولى في الغولْفيَنْطَلِقُ بالسَّيّارَه

odehnatodjetodpálit

drivejage vækkøre væk

abschlagen fernhalten wegfahren

partir

elhajt

aka í burtfæla í burtupphafshögg

jage vekk kjøre bort

ilk vuruşu yapmakkovmakuzaklaşmakuzaklaştırmak

从发球处开的第一棍球在高尔夫球中驱赶开驾车离去

w>drive off

(person, car) → weg- or abfahren

(Golf) → abschlagen

vt sep

person, enemy → vertreiben

she was driven off in a big Mercedes → sie fuhr in einem großen Mercedes weg; he was driven off in an ambulance → er wurde in einem Krankenwagen weggebracht or abtransportiert

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drive

(draiv) – past tense drove (drouv) : past participle driven (ˈdrivn) – verb

1. to control or guide (a car etc). Do you want to drive (the car), or shall I?

2. to take, bring etc in a car. My mother is driving me to the airport.

3. to force or urge along. Two men and a dog were driving a herd of cattle across the road.

4. to hit hard. He drove a nail into the door; He drove a golf-ball from the tee.

5. to cause to work by providing the necessary power. This mill is driven by water.

noun

1. a journey in a car, especially for pleasure. We decided to go for a drive.

2. a private road leading from a gate to a house etc. The drive is lined with trees.

3. energy and enthusiasm. I think he has the drive needed for this job.

4. a special effort. We're having a drive to save electricity.

5. in sport, a hard stroke (with a golf-club, a cricket bat etc).

6. (computers) a disk drive.

ˈdriver noun

a person who drives a car etc. a bus-driver.

ˈdriver's license noun

(American) a driving licence.

ˈdrive-in adjective

(of a cinema, café etc, especially in North America) catering for people who remain in their cars while watching a film, eating etc. a drive-in movie.

ˈdrive-through adjective

that one may drive through (and do something without getting out of the car). a drivethrough bank/restaurant/zoo.

ˈdriving licence noun

a licence for driving a road vehicle.

be driving at

to be trying to say or suggest. I don't know what you're driving at.

drive off

1. to leave or go away in a car etc. He got into a van and drove off.

2. to keep away. to drive off flies.

3. in golf, to make the first stroke from the tee.

drive on

1. to carry on driving a car etc. Drive on – we haven't time to stop!

2. to urge strongly forward. It was ambition that drove him on.