drive back

Verb

Meaning

force or drive back

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

parry repulse corner repel ward off repelling rebut rebuff go back reversing hold off drive away drive off push back beat back
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Antonyms

push through

Hypernyms

fight defend oppose fight back fight down

Examples

repel the attacker Source: Internet

fight off the onslaught Source: Internet

rebuff the attack Source: Internet

After a road trip to Bodega Bay on the first weekend of August, Stepfanie and Duane Grows put their three-year-old dog Roo in the car for the drive back to El Dorado Hills. Source: Internet

As for the 48 percent of fans who were Wisconsinites from outside Milwaukee County, we aren’t told what percent of them are from southeastern Wisconsin, most of whom probably drive back and forth from Miller Park without spending any money in the city. Source: Internet

At an impromptu show in a New York bar, Black Flag's vocalist Dez Cadena allowed Rollins to sing "Clocked In", a song Rollins had asked the band to play in light of the fact that he had to drive back to Washington, D.C. to begin work. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

drive away drive axis drive axle drive backwards drive belt drive block