drive out

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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Half the fun was driving out to the desert and getting drunk, spending the night in an RV and getting up with a hangover. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026 Harrison did just that, driving out of town as Dexter seemingly lay dead. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2026 Scientists had to drive out into the New Mexico desert to retrieve the film. — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026 This process drives out loose chlorine ions, forming a dense matrix of interconnected indium, oxygen, and phosphorus bonds. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for drive out

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“Drive out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive%20out. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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