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Detailed Synonyms for drive off in English

drive off:

to drive off verb (drives off, drove off, driving off)

  1. to drive off
    to banish; to expel; to ban; to ostracize; to exile; to repel; to drive out; to exorcize; to dispel; to drive away; to exorcise; to drive off; to ostracise
    • banish verb (banishs, banished, banishing)
    • expel verb (expels, expelled, expelling)
    • ban verb (bans, banned, banning)
    • ostracize verb, American (ostracizes, ostracized, ostracizing)
    • exile verb (exiles, exiled, exiling)
    • repel verb (repels, repelled, repelling)
    • drive out verb (drives out, drove out, driving out)
    • exorcize verb, American (exorcizes, exorcized, exorcizing)
    • dispel verb (dispels, dispelled, dispelling)
    • drive away verb (drives away, drove away, driving away)
    • exorcise verb, British (exorcises, exorcised, exorcising)
    • drive off verb (drives off, drove off, driving off)
    • ostracise verb, British
  2. to drive off
    – force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings 1
    to dispel; to run off; to drive away; to turn back; to drive out; to drive off; to chase away
    – force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings 1
    • dispel verb (dispels, dispelled, dispelling)
      • dispel doubts1
    • run off verb (runs off, ran off, running off)
    • drive away verb (drives away, drove away, driving away)
      • drive away bad thoughts1
    • turn back verb (turns back, turned back, turning back)
      • The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers1
    • drive out verb (drives out, drove out, driving out)
    • drive off verb (drives off, drove off, driving off)
    • chase away verb (chases away, chased away, chasing away)

Conjugations for drive off:

present
  1. drive off
  2. drive off
  3. drives off
  4. drive off
  5. drive off
  6. drive off
simple past
  1. drove off
  2. drove off
  3. drove off
  4. drove off
  5. drove off
  6. drove off
present perfect
  1. have driven off
  2. have driven off
  3. has driven off
  4. have driven off
  5. have driven off
  6. have driven off
past continuous
  1. was driving off
  2. were driving off
  3. was driving off
  4. were driving off
  5. were driving off
  6. were driving off
future
  1. shall drive off
  2. will drive off
  3. will drive off
  4. shall drive off
  5. will drive off
  6. will drive off
continuous present
  1. am driving off
  2. are driving off
  3. is driving off
  4. are driving off
  5. are driving off
  6. are driving off
subjunctive
  1. be driven off
  2. be driven off
  3. be driven off
  4. be driven off
  5. be driven off
  6. be driven off
diverse
  1. drive off!
  2. let's drive off!
  3. driven off
  4. driving off
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "drive off":

  1. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings1

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