drive out
English
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Verb
[edit]drive out (third-person singular simple present drives out, present participle driving out, simple past drove out, past participle driven out)
- (idiomatic) to push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere
- (obsolete, printing, of type) 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.
- Synonym: get in
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, out.
Translations
[edit]to force someone out of somewhere
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