drive off

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to force a person, animal, or unwanted influence to go away

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   drive off something / drive something off

   Usage: A noun object may come before or after off; put a personal pronoun between the verb and particle, as in drive it off.

   The farmer's dog helped drive off the fox approaching the chicken coop.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The farmer's dog helped drive off the fox approaching the chicken coop.

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