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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Footage from a dash camera also captured those moments, when two people take apart the hoop and load it into a car before driving away.
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Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
The Uber rider then got into the car and drove away.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
The back seat window rolls down and a man whose face is mostly covered by a baseball cap wordlessly takes the box and the pair drive away.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 1 Jan. 2026
Illinois cannot afford to let ideology, political infighting or short-term thinking drive away one of its most valuable economic and cultural institutions.
—Don Dewitte, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2026
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Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2026
The Uber rider then got into the car and drove away.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
The back seat window rolls down and a man whose face is mostly covered by a baseball cap wordlessly takes the box and the pair drive away.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 1 Jan. 2026
Illinois cannot afford to let ideology, political infighting or short-term thinking drive away one of its most valuable economic and cultural institutions.
—Don Dewitte, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2026
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 9 Jan. 2026.
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