drive+back

  • 1drive back — index parry, rebuff, repel (drive back), repulse, spurn Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2drive back — verb force or drive back repel the attacker fight off the onslaught rebuff the attack • Syn: ↑repel, ↑repulse, ↑fight off, ↑rebuff • Derivationally related forms …

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  • 3drive back — phrasal verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms drive back : present tense I/you/we/they drive back he/she/it drives back present participle driving back past tense drove back past participle driven back if you are driven back by something …

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  • 4drive back — Synonyms and related words: beat back, beat off, block, brush off, chase, chase away, chase off, check, counter, cut, dismiss, drive away, fend, fend off, hinder, hold at bay, hold off, keep at bay, keep off, obstruct, pack off, parry, push back …

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  • 5drive back — repel, repulse, ward off, resist …

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  • 6drive back — Repel, repulse …

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  • 7back — [adj1] end aback, abaft, aft, after, astern, back of, backward, behind, final, following, hind, hindmost, in the wake of, posterior, rear, rearmost, rearward, tail; concepts 827,833 Ant. front back [adj2] from earlier time delayed, elapsed,… …

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  • 8drive away — index deport (banish), dispel, parry, repel (drive back), repulse, spurn, stave …

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  • 9drive — drive1 [ draıv ] (past tense drove [ drouv ] ; past participle driven [ drıvn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 control vehicle ▸ 2 provide power to move ▸ 3 push something to hit something else ▸ 4 force someone to leave ▸ 5 force someone into bad state ▸ 6 make …

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  • 10drive — [c]/draɪv / (say druyv) verb (drove or, Archaic, drave, driven, driving) –verb (t) 1. to send along, away, off, in, out, back, etc., by compulsion; force along. 2. to overwork; overtask. 3. to cause and guide the movement of (an animal, vehicle,… …