{f} travel in a car away from the place; cause to flee, put to flight, route; remove all worries and doubt; chase away, force to go away
To drive people away means to make them want to go away or stay away. Patrick's boorish rudeness soon drove Monica's friends away Increased crime is driving away customers
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"