drive away
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.01 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, away.
verb
To force someone or something to leave
Example Sentences
- "This car's a real bargain, and you could drive it away this afternoon!"
- "I managed to drive the vultures away by shouting and waving my arms about."
- "Unsanitary conditions are driving away business."
- "Sébastien Bassong is being driven away by the "madness" at Newcastle United, a source close to the Frenchman has told the local Evening Chronicle newspaper."
- "We would like to believe in the enchanting influence of Gandhigiri as the single absolute force that drove away the whites who probably went muttering, 'bloody Indians', an expression that was enthusiastically attributed to Englishmen by innumerable Hindi films."