Definition of "drive out" []

• To push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere (verb)

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• "In addition, the southern island of Cos near Halicarnassus had helped the Macedonians drive out the Persians."
• "On the other hand, the extreme Evangelical Party, disturbed by the growth of ritualism, and unable to drive out High"
• "Alexander placed Ada on the throne of Caria as his satrap in the smoldering ruins of the city and stationed enough troops nearby to drive out the last of the Persians from their citadels."