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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Flashback: Some Twitter employees who left in the chaotic period after Musk purchased the company, renamed it X and fired or drove out thousands of workers say they were promised severance packages that failed to materialize. —

Dave Lawler, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025 Spain Unlike many other nations, Spain has been experiencing a production boom over recent years, as streamers seek Spanish-speaking subs through an original content strategy largely being driven out of Madrid. —

Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2025 Circumstances of fire suspicious, BSO says Broward Sheriff’s Office said Gomes drove out of the area in a gold 2002 Saturn. —

David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025 While Putin is a present and future loser — unable to beat much smaller Ukraine in three years and recently driven out of Syria–— Kyiv is a potential future winner. —

Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for drive out