drive away

Related to drive away: drive off

drive away

1. To leave some place in an automobile. Once my parents had driven away, I called all of my friends and invited them over.
2. To transport someone or something from some place in a vehicle. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "drive" and "away." Can we call Animal Control to drive away the raccoons that we've trapped?
3. To entice someone or something to leave some place. What can we do to drive away these troublesome raccoons?
See also: away, drive
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

drive someone (or an animal) away

(from something or some place) to repel someone or an animal from something or some place. We drove the monkeys away from the pineapples. We drove away the monkeys from the fruit.
See also: away, drive

drive away

to leave some place driving a vehicle. They got in the car and drove away. They drove away and left us here.
See also: away, drive
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

drive away

v.
1. To leave a place in a vehicle: We got in our car after the party and drove away.
2. To take someone or something away in a vehicle: The farmer drove the puppies away to their new home. The police drove away the criminals in their van.
3. To repel someone or something: We drove the bugs away with insect repellent. The smell drove away trespassers.
See also: away, drive
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • drive off
  • in reverse
  • on the outside looking in
  • on the outside, looking in
  • necker's knob
  • lemon law
  • as well as
  • driven
  • be (as) pure as the driven snow
  • pure
References in periodicals archive
It is a ridiculous suggestion that we simply drive away from our homes.
Ridiculous suggestions
Other programs that benefit from the Drive Away Hunger event include BackPacks, Kids Cafe, and the Community Kitchen Summer Feeding Program.
Help Feed the Hungry in Virginia With Patrick Buick GMC Drive Away Hunger Event
For all those looking for an opportunity to drive a new vehicle, just drive in your old car of any make or model to Zayani Motors and drive away with a brand new Mitsubishi car.
Drive in with your old car and drive out with a new Mitsubishi
After five minutes the bare-chested one got into the driver's seat and began to drive away as the police arrived."
Drink-driving brothers get road bans
Bavar got into his car and started to drive away, and Miss Evans, who came from Anfield, put her hands through the open front passenger window.
Driver cleared of killing prostitute
On a reef, a cleaner fish that takes a juicy bite out of a visitor's skin could cause an upset that would drive away a waiting customer.
Fishy cleaners
Drive Away, the brainchild of South Wales businessman Stefan Cegielski, is the world's first bespoke cleaning product for golfers.
Woosie backs product to help clean up your game
As you drive away, the slat armor swings open, leaving you with an unprotected soft spot.
Say 'no' to slat armor swinging
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) recently lauded General Motors for its continued commitment to producing flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) at the E85 Drive Away event, which was sponsored by local Chevy dealers, Kum and Go, the Iowa Corn Growers Association, IRFA and the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition.
GM Supports FFV Production at E85 Drive Away Event
Part of the planned Overpeck Center, which will eventually have more than two million s/f of office space on 60 acres of waterfront land, 65 Challenger Road is just a 10-minute drive away from the Lincoln Tunnel, five minutes away from the George Washington Bridge, less than 12 miles away from Newark International Airport and three miles away from Teterboro Airport.
Self-sufficient Hartz enlists Newmark's help
Benefits of the couplings include simple resetting of the connection if a drive away occurs, the elimination of repair or renewal costs and the prevention of injuries.
New coupling takes a break
MORNING AFTER THE MIDNIGHT HAND-OFF of footy greeted by a post-dawn meeting of the minds in a clandestine bunker by a classic car storage facility for the purpose of determining which van would drive away with the coveted statue of a van?
Morning after
I do not understand why a church that is decreasing in membership would choose to drive away existing members.
A sad day
But it's a 10-mile drive away, and he can't expend all that time and gasoline every time his crop might need attention.
Farming's brave new face
After the car has been repaired, customers can drop off the Enterprise rental at the shop, pay the deductible if any, and drive away in their own car.
Insurer pairs with car-rental business for new service. (Marketplace: Property/Casualty)