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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drive (away or off)
turn away
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Both works are countdowns of a kind, but where Bowie shouts into the void, Drake gently turns away from it.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
5 July 2025 -
That means, on average, more than 96 out of every 100 applicants were turned away, many of them top of their class, test score-perfect, and extracurricular-rich.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
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“Drive (away or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drive%20%28away%20or%20off%29. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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