1. Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
   "The supermarket had to drive out many disappointed customers";
   - chase away, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off
    
2. Compel to leave or emerge from a place, especially by force or pressure
   "They drove out the squatters";
   - rout out, force out, rouse
    
3. Clear out the chest and lungs
   "The patient tried to drive out the congestion by coughing";
   - expectorate, clear out

Derived forms: driving out, driven out, drives out, drove out

See also: push

Type of: displace, move, remove, take, take away, withdraw