drive out - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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drive out (third-person singular simple present drives out, present participle driving out, simple past drove out, past participle driven out)

  1. (idiomatic) To push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere.
    Synonyms: flush, expel
    • 1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 167:
      In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan.
  2. (obsolete, printing, of type) To set closely; to take up less space because the typesetter uses type that is thinner than the copy or the typesetter whites out more or squeezes in more lines on each page.
    Synonym: get in
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive,‎ out.

to force someone out of somewhere

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