Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
force to go away;
used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings;
- Example: "Drive away potential burglars"- Example: "drive away bad thoughts"- Example: "dispel doubts"- Example: "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"[syn: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
drive off
v 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" [syn: chase away,
drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive
off, run off]