Meaning

3 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere.

    austreiben

    изгонятьizgonjatʹ, вытеснятьvytesnjatʹ

    виганя́тиvyhanjáty, ви́гнатиvýhnaty

    force or drive out

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, out.

  3. (obsolete)To 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.

Examples

69 sentences
  1. Why don't we drive out to the country for a change of pace?

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  2. One fire drives out another.

    Клин клином вишибають.

    ruКлин клином выбивают.

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  3. One nail drives out another.

    Клин клином вишибають.

    ruКлин клином выбивают.

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  4. Why are you driving us out?

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  5. Tom was driven out of there.

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to force someone out of somewhere:
Русский
By meaning 1
to force someone out of somewhere:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to force someone out of somewhere:

Forms

drives out, driving out, drove out, driven out
Base formdrive out · to drive out
3rd person singulardrives out
Present participledriving out
Past simpledrove out
Past participledriven out

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydrive out
he, she, itdrives out

Past simpleLesson

all personsdrove out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave driven out
he, she, ithas driven out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill drive out

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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