Meanings
verbdrive off (third-person singular simple present drives off, present participle driving off, simple past drove off, past participle driven off)
present singular third person drives off · participle present driving off · past drove off · participle past driven off
- idiomaticTo force to leave or go away.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbforce to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch verjagen
- verjagenforce to leave or go away
Finnish ajaa pois, ajaa tiehensä
- ajaa poisforce to leave or go away
- ajaa tiehensäforce to leave or go away
- häätääforce to leave or go away
French chasser, déloger
- chasserforce to leave or go away
- délogerforce to leave or go away
German austreiben
- austreibenforce to leave or go away
Latin abigō
- abigōforce to leave or go away
Polish przeganiać, przegonić
- przeganiaćforce to leave or go away
- przegonićforce to leave or go away
- przepędzaćforce to leave or go away
- przepędzićforce to leave or go away
Russian отва́живать, отва́дить
- отва́живать (otváživatʹ)force to leave or go away
- отва́дить (otváditʹ)force to leave or go away
Swahili kufukuza
- kufukuzaforce to leave or go away
Turkish kovmak
- kovmakforce to leave or go away
Cite this entry
APA
drive off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drive%20off
MLA
“drive off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drive%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drive off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drive%20off.
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