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.
Examples of drive out in a Sentence
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Russians destroyed the city in 2022, killing or driving out most of the population.
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Claire Harbage, NPR, 22 May 2024
Many small and mid-sized dairy farms have been driven out of business and farmers’ net returns fall below zero year after year.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 20 May 2024
Overstressed and undervalued, Rita accepts a potential client’s shady proposal, which means being driven out to who-knows-where with a hood over her head.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 May 2024
After Russia withdrew from an agreement allowing Ukraine to resume some export shipments through the sea, Ukraine’s military began a campaign to drive out the Russian Navy.
—Andrés R. Martínez, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Hundreds of thousands of mothers are being driven out of the labor force, families are being confronted with soaring child care costs, and return to office is forcing everyone to change their care strategies.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 May 2024
The concept dates as far back as New York’s advertising industry in the 1960s, when executives would leave work early to drive out to the Hamptons.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 7 May 2024
In Colombia in April, in response to a lawsuit filed by a farming couple who were driven out of their home by flooding caused by heavy rains, the country’s constitutional court recognized the links between environmental disasters and climate change and people being forcibly displaced.
—Anastasia Moloney, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2024
The final season details what happens now that (SPOILER ALERT) Cobra Kai has been driven out of the Valley in the Season 5 finale.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 May 2024
Claire Harbage, NPR, 22 May 2024
Many small and mid-sized dairy farms have been driven out of business and farmers’ net returns fall below zero year after year.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 20 May 2024
Overstressed and undervalued, Rita accepts a potential client’s shady proposal, which means being driven out to who-knows-where with a hood over her head.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 May 2024
After Russia withdrew from an agreement allowing Ukraine to resume some export shipments through the sea, Ukraine’s military began a campaign to drive out the Russian Navy.
—Andrés R. Martínez, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Hundreds of thousands of mothers are being driven out of the labor force, families are being confronted with soaring child care costs, and return to office is forcing everyone to change their care strategies.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 May 2024
The concept dates as far back as New York’s advertising industry in the 1960s, when executives would leave work early to drive out to the Hamptons.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune Europe, 7 May 2024
In Colombia in April, in response to a lawsuit filed by a farming couple who were driven out of their home by flooding caused by heavy rains, the country’s constitutional court recognized the links between environmental disasters and climate change and people being forcibly displaced.
—Anastasia Moloney, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2024
The final season details what happens now that (SPOILER ALERT) Cobra Kai has been driven out of the Valley in the Season 5 finale.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 May 2024
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“Drive out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive%20out. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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