drive off

drive off
1. intransitive verb
1) wegfahren
2) (Golf) abschlagen
2. transitive verb
(repel) zurückschlagen [Angreifer]
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1) (to leave or go away in a car etc: He got into a van and drove off.) wegfahren
2) (to keep away: to drive off flies.) fernhalten
3) (in golf, to make the first stroke from the tee.) abschlagen
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drive off1
I. vt
1. (expel)
to \drive off off ⇆ sb/sth jdn/etw vertreiben [o verjagen
2. (repel)
to \drive off off ⇆ sb/sth jdn/etw zurückschlagen [o abwehren]
to \drive off off ⇆ an attack einen Angriff zurückschlagen [o abwehren
II. vi wegfahren, abfahren
they drove off to the registry sie machten sich auf den Weg zum Standesamt
drive off2
n AM (fam) Tankbetrug m (von einer Tankstelle wegfahren, ohne für sein Benzin zu bezahlen)
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1. vi
1) (person, car) weg- or abfahren
2) (GOLF) abschlagen
2. vt sep
1) person, enemy vertreiben
2)

she was driven off in a big Mercedes — sie fuhr in einem großen Mercedes weg

he was driven off in an ambulance — er wurde in einem Krankenwagen weggebracht or abtransportiert

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drive off
A v/t vertreiben, verjagen
B v/i
1. wegfahren
2. Golf: abschlagen
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1. intransitive verb
1) wegfahren
2) (Golf) abschlagen
2. transitive verb
(repel) zurückschlagen [Angreifer]
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v.
fortfahren v.

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