| VERB | motion | drive out, chase away, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off | force to go away |
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| motion | drive out, rout out, force out, rouse | force or drive out | |
| change | drive out, expectorate, clear out | clear out the chest and lungs |
| 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 | |
| Synonyms | chase away, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, 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 | |
| Meaning | Force or drive out. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | rout out, force out, rouse | |
| Narrower | hunt | chase away, with as with force |
| smoke out | drive out with smoke | |
| 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 | chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off | Force to go away |
| Spanish | empujar, hacer salir | |
| Meaning | clear out the chest and lungs. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | expectorate, clear out | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Spanish | despejar, expectorar, sacar | |
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