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drive away

drive away verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, away.

Verb

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 figuratively or idiomatically: 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
    • I managed to drive the vultures away by shouting and waving my arms about.
    • Unsanitary conditions are driving away business.

drive away meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Kannada

drive away in Hindi

to drive away
हाँकना hā̃knā

drive away in Tamil

ஒரு வண்டியை ஓட்டிக்கொண்டு கிளம்பு, துரத்து, கிளப்பு

drive away in Marathi

to drive away, drive out
हाकलणे hākalṇe

drive away in Kannada

ಅಟ್ಟು, ಓಡಿಸು, ತೆಮರ್, ತೆಮರು, ತೆವರು, ತೂಳಿಸು
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drive away in Gujarati
હકાલવું hakālvũ
drive away in Odia
ଉଠାଇବା uṭhāibā
drive away in Sanskrit
नाशयति nāśayati
drive away in Arabic
طَرَدَ ṭarada
drive away in Malay
halau

Forms of drive away

third-person singular presentdrives away
present participledriving away
pastdrove away
past participledriven away

Questions about drive away

What does drive away mean?
Drive away means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, away.
What is drive away in Hindi?
Drive away in Hindi is हाँकना (hā̃knā). See Drive away meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is drive away?
Drive away is a verb.
What is the past tense of drive away?
The past tense of drive away is drove away.

Words near drive away in the dictionary

  1. drive a nail where it will go
  2. drive a stake through its heart
  3. drive a truck through something
  4. drive a wedge
  5. drive at
  6. drive away
  7. drive back
  8. drive by
  9. drive by shooting
  10. drive by shootings
  11. drive bys

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drive away (page history and authors); हाँकना (Hindi) (page history and authors); drive away (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); हाकलणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); drive away (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); હકાલવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଉଠାଇବା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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