drive away
phrasal verb
drove away; driven away; driving away; drives away
: to cause or force (someone) to leave especially by making a situation unpleasant or unattractive
The store's high prices are driving away customers.
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The caller said that a man who’d been taken to the hospital got into one of the ambulances and drove away, according to police.
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2025
The man then activates the vehicle’s red and blue lights common to law enforcement vehicles and drives away.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
The driver and two agents put the man into the back seat and then drive away.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Then agents in camouflage and ballistic vests swarm out of the van, bundle the 64-year-old inside and drive away.
—Liz Baker, NPR, 21 June 2025
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2025
The man then activates the vehicle’s red and blue lights common to law enforcement vehicles and drives away.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
The driver and two agents put the man into the back seat and then drive away.
—Emily Witt, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
Then agents in camouflage and ballistic vests swarm out of the van, bundle the 64-year-old inside and drive away.
—Liz Baker, NPR, 21 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for drive away
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“Drive away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive%20away. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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