to drive out
70
3.8
- phrasal verb
- /draɪv aʊt/
:
expulsar
- All he asked me to do was drive you out of town.
- drive out of business
- drive out vendors
- drive out of the market
And when you understand your authority, you will drive out demons.
- And when you understand your authority, you will drive out demons.
- And then he got, you know, Americans came, saved Kuwait and drove out Saddam Hussein and his forces.
- Whatever the point is, wherever that saying came from, you use light to drive out darkness.
- The bad money would drive out the good.
- And if you look at ancient art, you see people hunting lions, trying to drive them out of these these wastelands, Right.
- Because, you know, we, we've had a lecturer who is kind of driven out of Harvard for seeing there are two sexes.
- And so they're like we we need to drive them out.
- And they've been driven out of Harky and, and the area immediately surrounding Harky.
- We need to drive out and exterminate prejudice and wrong headed ideas.
- European starlings efficiently stripped the landscape, driving out other birds, the smashed but salvageable front end.
- A palace of diamonds, a House of amethyst and crystal from which the ancient darkness had been driven out by glory.
- They have no intention of driving out old businesses, but they are really visible presences on the street.
Examples
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We do not expect to be driven out of this land.
Academic text (2005) -
Just drive us out of here.
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Jeff, the minute you drive out of this place, you are not going to want to be with me.
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And when you understand your authority, you will drive out demons.
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The elders must drive you out!
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This'll definitely drive them out.
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I want you to shatter his operations, destroy his establishments and drive that bastard out of this city.
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We have, instead, warring armies striving to drive out the competition and establish their own sphere of influence.
Academic text (2000) -
Yes, you're about to lose this concept and if you don't watch out, you're going to drive out those people from what should have been and is a noble tradition.
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The firefighters worked hard to drive out the flames before they spread to nearby houses.
Synonyms
512
3.0
Force someone to leave a place or group
194
5.0
Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order
87
4.0
Force someone or something to leave using threats
77
4.6
To make someone leave a house or land by court order
71
3.4
To force a person, animal, or feeling to go away
46
4.4
To make someone leave a job by pressure or threats
43
3.0
Make someone leave a job or group because of a problem
36
2.8
To make someone or something leave a place
32
4.2
Force someone to leave a place
31
6.2
Force someone to leave a group or place because others reject them
29
4.6
To make a feeling or idea go away
26
2.6
To make people or things leave by scaring them
25
4.7
Make someone or something go away
15
5.8
Force someone to leave a job or organization suddenly
10
4.9
To force others out by taking more space, strength or attention
10
4.9
To make someone leave a place
8
6.5
To make someone leave quickly to show they are not wanted
6
3.3
Make someone or something leave a place by running after and frightening them
4
4.2
To make someone leave a place or job by pressure
4
7.9
Make someone leave quickly and forcefully
1
4.0
To force someone to leave a place, group or job
1
7.1
To force someone or something out of a place by searching
1
8.2
Force someone to leave a place or job
1
5.0
To force someone to leave a place usually because they cause trouble
Antonyms
How Forceful
107
6.3
194
5.0
80
6.2
- Informal
4
7.9
70
3.8
16
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to force someone or something to leave' is directly derivable from combining 'drive' (to force or move) with 'out' (away from the interior), yielding a clear causative motion away. This phrasal-verb composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and therefore predictable for a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The verb drive out comes from the picture of moving animals or people out of a place: you drive them out by pushing or guiding them away. So, it means 'to force someone to leave'.