drive_out has definitions from the field of work
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[ verb ] force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

Examples

"Drive away potential burglars' "drive away bad thoughts" "dispel doubts" "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

Used in print

(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)

`` Wherefore also He [ God ] drove him [ man ] out of Paradise , and removed him far from the tree of life , not because He envied him the tree of life , as some venture to assert , but because He pitied him , [ and did not desire ] that he should continue a sinner for ever , nor that the sin which surrounded him should be immortal , and evil interminable and irremediable .

2
[ verb ] clear out the chest and lungs

Examples

"This drug expectorates quickly"

Related terms

remove

3
[ verb ] (work) force out

Synonyms

clean_out

Examples

: "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers"

Related terms

fire

4
[ verb ] force or drive out

Examples

"The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."

Related terms

move hunt smoke_out chase_away

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