Drive Away

Definition: Drive Away

Drive Away

Verb

1. Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars'; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Drive Away

Crosswords: Drive Away

At midnight, I'll turn into a pumpkin and drive away in my glass slipper. (Roman Holiday; writing credit: Ian McLellan Hunter)

Nor to drive away the Turks. (Lawrence of Arabia; writing credit: T.E. Lawrence; Robert Bolt)

And I watched her drive away. (Same Old Lang Syne; performing artist: Dan Fogelberg)

As her folks drive away her dad yells, Check the oil! ("Wide Open Spaces"; performing artist: Dixie Chicks)

Watching you drive away (Cold Day In July; performing artist: Dixie Chicks)

They never stay, they don't look back as they drive away. (These Are the Days; performing artist: O-Town)

To drive away all my hurt (For My Lady; performing artist: The Moody Blues)

Without Work: The Drive Away (1989)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

People would drive away the Graces for wearing such low necks.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Mexico

Leon is the capital of men's footwear; Guadalajara (a 3-hour drive away) specializes in women's shoes. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Afrikaans

afry (drive, drive off). (various references)

Albanian

i qepem keq, i futem punës rëndshëm. (various references)

Arabic 

‏هرب (abscond, contraband, elope, escape, fled, flee, fleeing, fly, get away, get out of, powder, put to flight, run away, run first, run from smb., run off, shun, slope, smuggle, take flight, take to one's heels, tamper, traffic, turn tail), ‏قصا (knock out, mop up, relegate, stump, take away), ‏أبعد (alien, alienate, bounce, deport, distance, drive out, estrange, exclude, far, farther, hold off, oust, out of the way, outmost, preclude, relegate, send, send packing, stave off, supplant, take away, throw out, transport, ulterior, ultimate, warn off). (various references)

Bulgarian 

работя неуморно (pound away), откарвам (drive, roll away, take, take over), отпътувам (depart, leave, set forth, set forward, set off, set out), прогонвам (clear out, dispel, exorcise, exorcize, run off, see off, shag, shoo, shut away), пропъждам (banish, dismiss, dispel, repel, shuffle out of), изгонвам (cast off, chase, clear off, dispossess, drive out, eject, evict, feeze, hunt out, lay, oust, put out, run off, see off, send away, send out, send packing, shoot out, spurn, throw out, thrust out, turf out, turn away, turn out). (various references)

Chinese 

赶 (catch up, hurry). (various references)

Czech

zbavit se (banish, cast off, dispose of, do away, get rid of, grow out of, lose, oust, shake off, unload), zapudit (chase away, repudiate), zahnat (drive, fight off, hush, quench, repel, sate, satiate, still), odjet (depart, drive off, drop off, leave, run down). (various references)

Danish

afrejse (absent onself, depart, departure, drive off, go away, leave). (various references)

Dutch

wegrýden (drive off), wegjagen (chase away, expel), wegdrýven (chase away, expel, swim away), vertrekken (absent onself, contort, depart, drive off, fly away, go away, leave, quarters, start off, twist), verjagen (chase away, deter, discourage, expel, scare), verdrýven (chase away, expel, pass, spend), uitvaren (be infuriated, drive off), uitlopen (come to an end, drive off, end, end up, exit, expire, go out), uitdrýven (chase away, draw out, drive out, expel, express, give utterance to, pull out, utter), afrýden (drive off). (various references)

Esperanto

forveturi (drive off), forpeli (chase away, expel). (various references)

Finnish

karkottaa (chase, deport, dispel, drive, drive on, expel, impel, shoo, turn out), ajaa pois. (various references)

French

démarrer, repousser (drive back), renvoyer, chasser (drag, drive out), éloigner. (various references)

Frisian

ferjeie (chase away, expel), ferdriuwe (chase away, expel). (various references)

German

wegjagen (chase away, chase off, drive out, expel, send packing, to drive away), vertreiben (banish, chase away, chase off, dislodge, dispel, dispelled, distributes, drive off, drive out, expel, fend off, hound out, move, oust, repel, repulse, sell, to banish, to dislodge, to dispel, to drive away). (various references)

Greek 

φεύγω (buzz off, clear away, clear off, clear out, come away, drive off, flee, fleet, fly, get away, go away, go off, leave, pull out, run along, scurry, slope off, take oneself off, wear off), οδηγώ μακριά, διώχνω (dismiss, dissipate, drive off, drive out, turn out). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"בריח (cause to flee), לטרו�" (annoy, bother, disturb, expel, harass, trouble). (various references)

Hungarian

elkerget (chase, clear out, spurn, stave off, to bundle off, to bundle out, to chastise, to expel, to put away, to send off, to spurn), elhajt (drive off, to drive away, to drive off, tool along). (various references)

Indonesian

menghalau (banish, chase away, dispel, drive). (various references)

Italian

cacciare (chase, chase away, dispelled, get to, hunt, oust, plug, plunge, poke, prey, put, send down, shoot, stick, take out, throw out, tuck). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

虫送り (torch procession to drive away crop-eating insects), 退ける (to dislodge, to drive away, to put something out of the way, to reject, to remove, to repel, to repulse, to take away), 追っ払う (to drive away or out), 追い遣る (to drive away), 追い立てる (to drive away), 追い払う　 (to drive away), 追い払う (to drive away), 追い散らす (to drive away, to rout, to scatter), 払い除ける (to brush away, to drive away, to fling off, to ward off), 払い出す (to drive away, to pay), 斥ける (to drive away, to reject, to repel, to repulse), 却ける (to drive away, to reject, to repel, to repulse). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おっぱらう (to chase away, to drive away or out), おいたてる (to drive away), おいやる (to drive away), おいはらう (to drive away), おいちらす (to drive away, to rout, to scatter), しりぞける (to drive away, to reject, to repel, to repulse), むしおくり (torch procession to drive away crop-eating insects), はらいのける (to brush away, to drive away, to fling off, to ward off), はらい� す (to drive away, to pay). (various references)

Manx

immee roish (proceed, slip away), imman ersooyl (dispel). (various references)

Pig Latin

ivedray awayay

Polish

wyjechać. (various references)

Portuguese

dispersar (break up, disband, disject, dismiss, dispel, disperse, dispose of, dissipate, distract, scatter), destituir (depose, deprive, dismiss, dispose of, oust, sack, unseat), despedir (cashier, dismiss, displace, dispose of, fire, fling, pay off, remove, sack, speed, turn off), demitir (boot, bounce, cashier, demit, discharge, dismiss, displace, dispose of, fall, remove, sack), rechaçar (chase away, expel, repel, repulse), afugentar (chase, chase away, drive off, earth, expel). (various references)

Romanian

scoate (abstract, banish, bring out, brood, chase away, concoct, deduce, delete, deliver, dig, discharge, dismiss, draw out, edit, elicit, emit, exhaust, expel, extort, extract, extrude, fabricate, get on, give out, gouge, gut, hatch, heave, issue, let out, obtain, produce, publish, pull off, pull out, put off, put out, quarry, realize, remove, sap, save, scoop, strike out, strip, take off, take out, utter), izgoni (banish, cast off, cast out, chase away, eject, expel, pack off), alunga (banish, bar, cast out, chase away, dislodge, dismiss, eject, exorcise, exorcize, expel, hound, remove, send away), îndepãrta (avert, carry off, cast, chase away, clean, clear, cut out, discard, dismiss, eliminate, estrange, fence off, lay, move away, remove, retire, ward off, withdraw). (various references)

Russian 

угонять (steal), согнать (drive together), разогнать (dispel, disperse), отсылать (refer, referred, relegate, remand, send off), оттеснить (drive back, hustle away), отгонять (beat off), прогонять (chase away, hunt away, send off, turn away, turn back), прогнать. (various references)

Scottish

fuadaich. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

terati (bay, drive, force, make, urge), oterati (drive off, repudiate, send away), odvesti (drive off, drop off, lead, march, take, take away), odagnati (banish, repel). (various references)

Spanish

salir (absent onself, break, break out, come off, come out, come up, depart, departing, drive off, emancipate, emerge, exit, get away, get out, get over, go, go away, go off, go on, go out, issue, lead off, leak, leave, leaving, line out, lurch out, march out, pan out, pass out, Pierce, pop out, protrude, pull out, push through, put off, put out, radiate, rise, sail, sail out, set forth, set forward, set out, shoot out, shoot up, stand out, start off, step out, stick out, take away, take off, take out, throw off, to leave, troop, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn up, walk out, wash off). (various references)

Swedish

förjaga (chase away, dispel, dissipate, expel), fördriva (dislodge, dispossess, drive out, evict, expel, loaf away, oust, pass). (various references)

Turkish

defetmek (banish, beat off, dispel, fence off, fend off, fight off, pack, pack off, repel, send smb. packing, send to the rightabout, stave off, turn away, vamoose, vamose), savmak (brush off, dismiss, get rid of, head off, stave off, stop), kovmak (ax, axe, banish, boot, bounce, can, cashier, cast out, chuck out, dislodge, dismiss, drive out, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, exclude, exile, expel, fend off, fire, get rid of, give smb. the bag, give smb. the chuck, give smb. the gate, give smb. the push, give the sack, kick out, make a clean sweep of, order away, order out, out, pack off, repulse, sack, send away, shoo, shoo away, show out, show smb. the door, show the door, turf out, turn away, turn out), arabayla uzaklaşmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

проганяти (boo, chase, dismiss, drive, eject, send away, turn away). (various references)

abegit, abigantur, abigebat, abigere, abigerunt, abigo, extundo, exturbet, fallentes, fallere, fallit, fallitur, falsa, falsae, falsam, falsas, falsi, falsis, falso, falsos, falsum, falsus, fefellit, pelle, pellebar, pelles, pelli, pellis, pello pepulli pulsum, phallet, propellentibus, propello, pulso. (various references)

fesian, fysian. (various references)

fesen. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: driveway.

-2 letters: airwave.

-3 letters: airway, aviary, aweary, varied, vaward, waired, waived, waiver, wavery, wavier, weirdy.

-4 letters: aider, aired, aiver, award, aware, dairy, deair, deary, deray, dewar, diary, diver, drave, drive, irade, raved, rayed, ready, redia, rived, varia, viewy, wader, waive, wared, waved, waver, wavey, weary, weird, wider, wired, wived, wiver, wried, yaird, yawed.

-5 letters: aery.

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