English > drive away: 1 sense > verb 1, motion| Meaning | Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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| Examples | - "Drive away potential burglars"
- "drive away bad thoughts"
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| Synonyms | chase away, drive out, turn back, dispel, drive off, run off |
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| Narrower | banish | drive away |
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| 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 |
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| See also | drive | cause someone or something to move by driving |
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| Similar to | rout out, drive out, force out, rouse | Force or drive out |
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| Spanish | ahuyentar, alejar, desvanecer |
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