Meanings
present singular third person drives out · participle present driving out · past drove out · participle past driven out
- idiomaticTo push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere.
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.
1956 March, R. C. Blaker, “The Hedjaz Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 167 - obsoletemediaTo 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.
Synonyms: get in
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, out.
At 11.20 pm, a co-worker watched Brianna walk to her car alone and drive out of the parking lot.
2026 July 16, Nicholas Muhoro, “Inside the 2004 Brianna Maitland Case: One of Vermont’s Most Haunting Mysteries”, in Skip Boring, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo 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.
More synonyms by meaning
verbforce to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἐξελαύνω
- ἐξελαύνω (exelaúnō)to force someone out of somewhere
Arabic طَرَدَ
- طَرَدَ (ṭarada)to force someone out of somewhere
Bulgarian гоня, изгонвам
- гоня (gonja)to force someone out of somewhere
- изгонвам (izgonvam)to force someone out of somewhere
- изгоня (izgonja)to force someone out of somewhere
- прогонвам (progonvam)to force someone out of somewhere
- прогоня (progonja)to force someone out of somewhere
- пъдя (pădja)to force someone out of somewhere
Czech vyhnat
- vyhnatto force someone out of somewhere
Esperanto elpeli
- elpelito force someone out of somewhere
Finnish häätää, ajaa tiehensä
- häätääto force someone out of somewhere
- ajaa tiehensäto force someone out of somewhere
French éconduire
- éconduireto force someone out of somewhere
German austreiben
- austreibento force someone out of somewhere
Irish ruaig
- ruaigto force someone out of somewhere
Latin exigō
- exigōto force someone out of somewhere
Māori atiati
- atiatito force someone out of somewhere
Russian изгонять, вытеснять
- изгонять (izgonjatʹ)to force someone out of somewhere
- вытеснять (vytesnjatʹ)to force someone out of somewhere
Ukrainian виганя́ти, ви́гнати
- виганя́ти (vyhanjáty)to force someone out of somewhere
- ви́гнати (výhnaty)to force someone out of somewhere
Cite this entry
drive out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drive%20out
“drive out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drive%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drive out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drive%20out.
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