drive off

verb

drove off; driven off; driving off; drives off
: to cause or force (someone or something) to leave
They drove off the invaders.
waved her hands to drive the flies off

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Just days earlier, a woman drove off a nearby stretch of PCH, prompting a rescue effort. — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 The Loyola Blakefield graduate and founder of First Team Staffing, an organization centered around staffing professional and temporary workers, was distraught over his sudden inability to consistently drive off the tee. — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2026 Agents detained one father who walked his child to a bus stop shortly after the school bus drove off, said Clementina Lunar, an advocate with the group Danbury Unites for Immigrants. — ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026 One person then falls to the ground, and the other gets in a car and drives off. — Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for drive off

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“Drive off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive%20off. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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