drive away

Language: en

Meaning: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seedrive,‎away.This car's a real bargain, and you coulddrive it awaythis afternoon!; (idiomatic)Toforcesomeone or something toleaveI managed todrivethe vulturesawayby shouting and waving my arms about.Unsanitary conditions aredriving awaybusiness.2009June 10,Football, The Guardian:Sébastien Bassong is beingdriven awayby the "madness" at Newcastle United, a source close to the Frenchman has told the local Evening Chronicle newspaper.2011,Manu Joseph, “Bullshit as a Cultural Space”, inUrban Voice 4: New Indian Writing‎[1], Leadstart Publishing,→ISBN,→OCLC,page108:We would like to believe in the enchanting influence of Gandhigiri as the single absolute force thatdrove awaythe whites who probably went muttering, 'bloody Indians', an expression that was enthusiastically attributed to Englishmen by innumerable Hindi films.For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:drive away.

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