| drive away | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back | force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings.; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" |
| ~ frighten | drive out by frightening. |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ fire | drive out or away by or as if by fire.; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism" |
| ~ clear the air | dispel differences or negative emotions.; "The group called a meeting to finally clear the air" |
| ~ banish | drive away.; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom" |
| ~ shoo, shoo away, shoo off | drive away by crying `shoo!'. |
| ~ drive out, rouse, rout out, force out | force or drive out.; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." |
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