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drives back

drives back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drive back.

Meaning of drive back

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To force someone or something to retreat or move away; repel.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, back.

Questions about drives back

What is drives back the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Drives back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drive back.

Words near drives back in the dictionary

  1. drives a stake through its heart
  2. drives a wedge
  3. drives a wedge between
  4. drives at
  5. drives away
  6. drives back
  7. drives down
  8. drives in
  9. drives into the ground
  10. drives it down
  11. drives off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drives back (page history and authors); drive back (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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