drive off

phrasal verb

drove off; driven off; driving off; drives off

: to cause or force (someone or something) to leave

They drove off the invaders.

waved her hands to drive the flies off

Examples of drive off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Police believe one or two people would enter a retail store wearing surgical masks and take multiple large televisions before leaving the store without paying and driving off in a getaway vehicle operated by another person. —Ethan Reese, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024

Meeks then drove off in his car, while Gavin got in Clayton's van − with Clayton still in it and bleeding out − and followed Meeks, court records say. —Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024

The preview sees one player driving off a cliff, another dangling from a skyscraper and Tamburello, 44, being carried off on a stretcher after a fall during a Challenge. —Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024

Both individuals get back into the truck within about 40 seconds of arriving and drive off with the jet skis, the video shows. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2024