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drive away (third-person singular simple present drives away, present participle driving away, simple past drove away, past participle driven away)

1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see drive,‎ away.

   This car's a real bargain, and you could drive it away this afternoon!

2. (idiomatic) To force someone or something to leave
   • 2009, June 10,, Football, The Guardian

     Sébastien Bassong is being driven away by the "madness" at Newcastle United, a source close to the Frenchman has told the local Evening Chronicle newspaper.

   I managed to drive the vultures away by shouting and waving my arms about.

   Unsanitary conditions are driving away business.

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