drive out
phrasal verb
drove out; driven out; driving out; drives out
: to cause or force (someone or something) to leave
They drove the invaders out.
The family was driven out of the neighborhood by rising real estate prices.
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More women joined in, screaming and advancing until Hansen was driven out.
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Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
As the man drove out of the lot, the officer attempted a traffic stop, but the driver fled north on Mayfair Road to the 3100 block.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Early in their friendship, the two of them would spend their weekends driving out around the bay, picking furniture out of the garbage, admiring old windows and doors, and coveting the sheds.
—Hazlitt, 4 Feb. 2026
O’Hara relished playing deluded snobs like this wealthy Manhattanite with artistic ambitions from director Tim Burton’s horror comedy about two dead owners of a country house who want to drive out its new buyers.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
As the man drove out of the lot, the officer attempted a traffic stop, but the driver fled north on Mayfair Road to the 3100 block.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Early in their friendship, the two of them would spend their weekends driving out around the bay, picking furniture out of the garbage, admiring old windows and doors, and coveting the sheds.
—Hazlitt, 4 Feb. 2026
O’Hara relished playing deluded snobs like this wealthy Manhattanite with artistic ambitions from director Tim Burton’s horror comedy about two dead owners of a country house who want to drive out its new buyers.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for drive out
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“Drive out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive%20out. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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