drive_off (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *drive off*:
VERB	motion	drive off, chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, run off	force to go away

English > *drive off*: 1 sense > verb 1, motion
Meaning	Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Synonyms	chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, run off
Narrower	banish	drive away
	clear the air	dispel differences or negative emotions
	fire	drive out or away by or as if by fire
	shoo off, shoo, shoo away	drive away by crying 'shoo!'
Broader	move, displace	Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
See also	drive	cause someone or something to move by driving
Similar to	rout out, drive out, force out, rouse	Force or drive out
Spanish	ahuyentar, alejar, desvanecer

HyperDic: drive_off