drive off
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
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The witness recounted that seconds after the crash, the driver of the SUV jumped out and ran across the street to get into a silver car, which then drove off.
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Ted Scouten, CBS News, 6 June 2026
The Dallas Police Department has released body-camera footage and in-car video that shows a suspect escape from his handcuffs and drive off in a cop car as an officer in the back seat tries to stop him.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
The woman then runs down the road, and the man drives off.
—ABC News, 4 June 2026
Lowell Township, a hundred miles to the northwest, drove off a project at the beginning of the year.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
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Ted Scouten, CBS News, 6 June 2026
The Dallas Police Department has released body-camera footage and in-car video that shows a suspect escape from his handcuffs and drive off in a cop car as an officer in the back seat tries to stop him.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
The woman then runs down the road, and the man drives off.
—ABC News, 4 June 2026
Lowell Township, a hundred miles to the northwest, drove off a project at the beginning of the year.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
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“Drive off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive%20off. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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