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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" [syn: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off]
2: force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." [syn: rout out, drive out, force out, rouse]
3: clear out the chest and lungs; "This drug expectorates quickly" [syn: expectorate, clear out, drive out]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

To drive out something means to make it disappear or stop operating. He cut his rates to drive out rivals. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

Expel, reject, eject, cast out, turn out.