drive off

phrasal verb

drove off; driven off; driving off; drives off

: to cause or force (someone or something) to leave

They drove off the invaders.

waved her hands to drive the flies off

Examples of drive off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As father and daughter drive off together, director Rowland keeps them isolated in their individual frames, as if each were a ghost hovering on the other’s margins. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025

Ricks threatened to stab the victim, then pulled her out of the vehicle and drove off. —City News Service, Oc Register, 10 Aug. 2025

Rather than being stripped of their parts, this term refers to vehicles that are driven off intact by thieves, either for joy-riding or title washing and illicit resale either here or abroad. —Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025

Matthew Brennecke, the Dousman man charged with driving off after a deadly collision with a lawn tractor driven by an Oconomowoc man, will stand trial on a felony charge of hit and run involving death. —Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 6 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for drive off

• cerenkov
• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff