drive away

See also: driveaway

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive,‎ away.

   This car's a real bargain, and you could drive it away this afternoon!

2. (idiomatic) To force someone or something to leave
   • 2009, June 10,, Football, The Guardian

     Sébastien Bassong is being driven away by the "madness" at Newcastle United, a source close to the Frenchman has told the local Evening Chronicle newspaper.

   I managed to drive the vultures away by shouting and waving my arms about.

   Unsanitary conditions are driving away business.

Translations

to depart by driving

• Czech: odjet (cs)
• Finnish: ajaa pois
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• Galician: liscar, lispar, aluspar
• German: wegfahren (de)
• Russian: уезжа́ть (ru) impf (ujezžátʹ), уе́хать (ru) pf (ujéxatʹ)

to force someone to leave

• Arabic: طَرَدَ (ar) (ṭarada)
• Azerbaijani: qovmaq (az)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 趕走／赶走 (zh) (gǎnzǒu), 赶走 (zh) (gǎnzǒu)

• Finnish: ajaa pois; häätää (fi), to karkottaa (fi), hätistää
• French: repousser (fr)
• Galician: escurriscar, escorregar, afuxentar, espaxotar, axotar, escarramexar, oxar, escaxoar, abouxar (gl), caxir, espalecer, iscar, engaixar
• German: vertreiben (de), verjagen (de), verscheuchen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐξελαύνω (exelaúnō)

• Japanese: 退ける (しりぞける, shirizokeru), 追い遣る (おいやる, oiyaru)
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• Latin: repellō
• Malay:

  Jawi: هالاو

  Rumi: halau

• Maori: whakamatara
• Romanian: alunga (ro)
• Russian: прогоня́ть (ru) impf (progonjátʹ), прогна́ть (ru) pf (prognátʹ), выгоня́ть (ru) impf (vygonjátʹ), вы́гнать (ru) pf (výgnatʹ)
• Sanskrit: नाशयति (sa) (nāśayati)
• Spanish: correr (es), ahuyentar (es), largar (es)

See also

• driveway