drive out

Verb

Meaning

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

clear out the chest and lungs

force or drive out

Source: WordNet

drive-out

rouse dispel expectorate turn back drive away drive off force out chase away rout out chase fire drive remove ban exile

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mass have place number quiet aggregate

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take move remove withdraw displace take away

fire shoo hunt banish shoo off smoke out

You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back. Horace

Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King Jr.

You a lady, I a lady who is to drive out the sow? Galician Proverb

You a lady, I a lady who is to drive out the sow? Spanish Proverb

A stick at the neighbours cannot drive out a leopard at your home. African Proverb