drive off

See also: drive-off

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

drive off (third-person singular simple present drives off, present participle driving off, simple past drove off, past participle driven off)

1. (idiomatic) To force to leave or go away.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive,‎ off.

   We started the car and drove off.

Translations

force to leave or go away

• Dutch: verjagen (nl)
• Finnish: ajaa pois, ajaa tiehensä, häätää (fi)
• French: chasser (fr), déloger (fr)
• Galician: espantar (gl)
• German: austreiben (de)
• Latin: abigō (la)
• Russian: отва́живать (ru) impf (otváživatʹ), отва́дить (ru) pf (otváditʹ)
• Sanskrit: इङ्गति (sa) (iṅgati)
• Swahili: kufukuza
• Turkish: kovmak (tr)

Noun

drive off (plural drive offs)

1. Alternative spelling of drive-off

Anagrams

• off drive