drive away

Verb

Meaning

force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

Source: WordNet

dispel run off drive out turn back drive off chase away chase repulse shoo leave drive remove reject hunt kick

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move displace

fire shoo banish shoo off clear the air shoo away

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger. Basil of Caesarea

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards. Fred Hoyle

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows. Francis of Assisi

The sound of the bell does not drive away rooks. Italian Proverb

Why drive away fowls from the dung you do not eat yourself?. Swahili Proverb

The cats that drive away mice are as food as those that catch them. German Proverb