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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The suspect then took another vehicle at gunpoint and drove out of Hollister.
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Jose Fabian, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.
—Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
Kurdish units were driven out of several neighborhoods inside Aleppo earlier this month.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
Much of that was driven out of DeepMind, the British company Google acquired in 2014 for around £400 million.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
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Jose Fabian, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.
—Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
Kurdish units were driven out of several neighborhoods inside Aleppo earlier this month.
—Eyad Kourdi, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
Much of that was driven out of DeepMind, the British company Google acquired in 2014 for around £400 million.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
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“Drive out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive%20out. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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