drive away
phrasal verbdrive away | drive somebody/something away
- to leave in a vehicle; to take somebody away in a vehicle
- We heard him drive away.
- Someone drove the car away in the night.
- She got into the car and drove away.
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drive somebody away
- to make somebody not want to stay or not want to go somewhere
- Her erratic behaviour eventually drove him away.
- Terrorist threats are driving away tourists.