drive out

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verb

1. force to go away;
used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings (Freq. 1)
- Drive away potential burglars
- drive away bad thoughts
- dispel doubts
- The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
• Syn:
chase away, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
frighten, fire, clear the air, banish, shoo off,
shoo, shoo away
• Verb Group:
rout out, force out, rouse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. force or drive out
- The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.
• Syn:
rout out, force out, rouse
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
hunt, smoke out
• Verb Group:
chase away, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. clear out the chest and lungs
- This drug expectorates quickly
• Syn:
expectorate, clear out
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something