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21drive away — verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings (Freq. 1) Drive away potential burglars drive away bad thoughts dispel doubts The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers • Syn: ↑chase away, ↑ …
22drive — [[t]dra͟ɪv[/t]] ♦ drives, driving, drove, driven 1) VERB When you drive somewhere, you operate a car or other vehicle and control its movement and direction. [V prep/adv] I drove into town and went to a restaurant for dinner... [V prep/adv] He… …
23drive — [c]/draɪv / (say druyv) verb (drove or, Archaic, drave, driven, driving) –verb (t) 1. to send along, away, off, in, out, back, etc., by compulsion; force along. 2. to overwork; overtask. 3. to cause and guide the movement of (an animal, vehicle,… …
24drive*/*/*/ — [draɪv] (past tense drove [drəʊv] ; past participle driven [ˈdrɪv(ə)n] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to control a vehicle so that it moves somewhere, or to go somewhere by doing this Usually, my sister drives and I read the map.[/ex] You will drive carefully …
25off — ♦ (The preposition is pronounced [[t]ɒf, AM ɔːf[/t]]. The adverb is pronounced [[t]ɒ̱f, AM ɔ͟ːf[/t]]) 1) PREP If something is taken off something else or moves off it, it is no longer touching that thing. He took his feet off the desk... I took… …
26drive — v 1. hurl, propel, expel, repel, rout, drive away, drive off. 2. task, tax, work; overwork, overtask, overtax, drive into the ground. 3. impel, urge, press, push, thrust, shove; move, actuate, set going, set in motion; spur, prod, prick, goad,… …
27drive-by media — noun Media professionals who spray a bunch of repetitive misstatements, mistaken and misinterpreted news reports to cause excitement and confusion. They then figuratively drive off leaving the cleanup of their mess and hysteria to others, to… …
28drive away — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. drive off, disperse, banish; see scatter 2 …
29drive away — Expel, disperse, scatter, dispel, drive off …
30off-roader — noun A vehicle that is designed to drive off the road …
