to drive
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8.1
- verb
- /draɪv/
:
ahuyentar
- Rebel forces, originating from the provinces of Tigre and Eritrea, drove Mengistu from power.
- drive away
- drive cattle
There were three gauchos with their dogs driving hundreds of sheep across the border.
- There were three gauchos with their dogs driving hundreds of sheep across the border.
Examples
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My master owns these lands, and I have been ordered to drive off the English squatters.
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Standing fifteen or twenty feet away, the angry animals were trying to drive him from their dead sibling.
Fiction book (1993) -
- He wants you to drive them out of the yard.
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"People would chase animals here, drive them over the edge.
Academic text (2008) -
But they are many and the guards are few, and they scare the hell out of them and they drive them away.
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There were three gauchos with their dogs driving hundreds of sheep across the border.
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A woman ahead of them was driving a flock of geese across the bridge.
Fiction book (1993) -
Orders have gone out to every corner of the Ottoman Empire to raise troops to drive out the French invader.
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Israel launches Operation Yoav to drive Egyptian forces out of the Negev.
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Black flies this time of year drive the moose out into the open.
Synonyms
71
3.4
To force a person, animal, or feeling to go away
70
3.8
Force someone or something to leave a place
19
4.1
Force someone or something to move away from danger
4
4.5
To force someone or something out of a place by chasing them
2
4.2
To move a group of animals from one place to another
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
9
6.5
Try to suggest something without saying it clearly when speaking or writing
- Jargon
To remove wasted effort and slow processes from a company or system
Compounds
- US
23
2.5
A place, like a restaurant or bank, where you buy things without leaving your car
- Specialized
16
3.4
A system that powers all four wheels for better grip on rough or slippery ground
- Specialized
6
3.5
A device in a computer that holds and spins a disk to read or write data
- Specialized
1
5.2
A machine that reads and writes data on magnetic tape to save copies of files
- Specialized
1
4.2
A device inside a computer that stores files, like a hard drive or solid-state drive
- Jargon
1
7.4
A hard, straight hit into the outfield that lets the batter reach second base
- Jargon
1
6.6
A base hit made by hitting the ball hard so the batter reaches first base
- Literature
News outlets that give quick, shallow reports and often miss important facts
- Specialized
A mode in which a car moves, steers, and brakes using sensors and software
A hard straight shot hit from the side you hold the racket, used in tennis or badminton
- Archaic
A cone-shaped part in old clocks that keeps spring power steady as it unwinds
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Drive comes from Old English drīfan 'to chase', so in hunting to drive game is to chase animals out of cover and into the open.