Dictionary

drive out en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere.
   • In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan. 1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 167:
2. (obsolete, of type) To set closely; to take up less space because the typesetter uses type that is thinner than the copy or the typesetter whites out more or squeezes in more lines on each page.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, out.
   • At 11.20 pm, a co-worker watched Brianna walk to her car alone and drive out of the parking lot. 2026 July 16, Nicholas Muhoro, “Inside the 2004 Brianna Maitland Case: One of Vermont’s Most Haunting Mysteries”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2026:

Forms

Synonyms

flush · get in · expel

Translations (26)

got 𐌿𐍃𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (to force someone out of somewhere) · bg изгонвам (to force someone out of somewhere) · bg пъдя (to force someone out of somewhere) · uga 𐎂𐎗𐎌 (to force someone out of somewhere) · bg прогонвам (to force someone out of somewhere) · ru изгонять (to force someone out of somewhere) · bg прогоня (to force someone out of somewhere) · sa इङ्गति (to force someone out of somewhere) · la exigō (to force someone out of somewhere) · ga ruaig (to force someone out of somewhere) · uk ви́гнати (to force someone out of somewhere) · fi häätää (to force someone out of somewhere) · bg изгоня (to force someone out of somewhere) · eo elpeli (to force someone out of somewhere) · uk виганя́ти (to force someone out of somewhere) · de austreiben (to force someone out of somewhere) · fr éconduire (to force someone out of somewhere) · mi atiati (to force someone out of somewhere) · gl correr (to force someone out of somewhere) · grc ἐξελαύνω (to force someone out of somewhere) · cs vyhnat (to force someone out of somewhere) · bg гоня (to force someone out of somewhere) · txb lut- (to force someone out of somewhere) · ar طَرَدَ (to force someone out of somewhere) · ru вытеснять (to force someone out of somewhere) · fi ajaa tiehensä (to force someone out of somewhere)