drive off

phrasal verb

drove off; driven off; driving off; drives off

: to cause or force (someone or something) to leave

They drove off the invaders.

waved her hands to drive the flies off

Examples of drive off in a Sentence

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A couple on a motorbike stopped to check the tree prices, then drove off without buying anything. —

Mike Ives, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2025 Listen to this article A man was arrested on DUI and other charges on Sunday after crashing into a motorist on Route 8 in Waterbury, injuring four people, and driving off the highway and down an embankment. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2025 Detectives learned that in 1968, a witness spotted Alcala driving off with a young girl, followed them to an apartment and called the police. —

Mollie Markowitz, Fox News, 26 Jan. 2025 At the end, Virgil comes out and gets into the van and drives off. —

Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for drive off