# drive out

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere.
2. To set closely; to take up less space because the typesetter uses type that is thinner than the copy or the typesetter whites out more or squeezes in more lines on each page.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, out.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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