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.
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Leave time for the 15-minute drive out to Fort Williams Park, a 90-acre park owned by the nearby town of Cape Elizabeth that has a cliff walk, a children’s garden and a panoramic view of Casco Bay.
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Chelsea Conaboy, New York Times, 20 June 2024
Advertisement Under pressure from the Ku Klux Klan, the city of Manhattan Beach used its eminent domain authority in 1924 to drive out a seaside resort for Black guests owned by Willa and Charles Bruce, promising to put a park in its place.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
Between 1939 and 1945, Finland fought in three separate conflicts as its alliances shifted: a defensive war against the Soviet Union, an invasion of the Soviet Union with help from Nazi Germany, and then a war to drive out German troops, mostly from Finland’s north.
—Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2024
But driving out on the open road — across Missouri on Interstate 70 into Illinois, through Indiana and into Michigan, only on interstates — drove home concerns that must keep highway safety officials up at night.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2024
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Chelsea Conaboy, New York Times, 20 June 2024
Advertisement Under pressure from the Ku Klux Klan, the city of Manhattan Beach used its eminent domain authority in 1924 to drive out a seaside resort for Black guests owned by Willa and Charles Bruce, promising to put a park in its place.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
Between 1939 and 1945, Finland fought in three separate conflicts as its alliances shifted: a defensive war against the Soviet Union, an invasion of the Soviet Union with help from Nazi Germany, and then a war to drive out German troops, mostly from Finland’s north.
—Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2024
But driving out on the open road — across Missouri on Interstate 70 into Illinois, through Indiana and into Michigan, only on interstates — drove home concerns that must keep highway safety officials up at night.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2024
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“Drive out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive%20out. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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