The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word REPEL , but the solution may also be SCAREAWAY which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Drive off crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REPEL | 41 % | 5 |
| SHOO | 24 % | 4 |
| DISPEL | 16 % | 6 |
| ALIENATE | 6 % | 8 |
| OUST | 4 % | 4 |
| CHASEAWAY | 4 % | 9 |
| SCAREAWAY | 2 % | 9 |
| SCARE AWAY | 2 % | 10 |
Why may SCAREAWAY be the right solution?
"Drive off" is a phrasal verb that means to make someone or something go away. "Scare away" is a synonym for this phrasal verb, as it means to frighten someone or something so that they go away. Therefore, "Scare away" is the right solution for the clue "Drive off".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Drive off
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- drive out
- chase away
- run off
- dispel
- fight off
- drive away
- repulse
- repel
- turn back
- rebuff
- drive back
- hit the road
Crossword Answer definitions
REPEL verb- To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.
- To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).
- To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).
- To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
- To force away by means of a repulsive force.
- To cause repulsion or dislike in; to disgust.
- To save (a shot).
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result REPEL
More clues leading to the result SHOO
- "Get lost!"
- "Vamoose!"
- Chase
- Frighten away
- "Scat!"
- Fly away!
- "Begone!"
- Chase (away)
- Chasing-away word
- "Amscray!"
More clues leading to the result DISPEL
- Drive off
- Cause to vanish
- Drive away
- Cause to vanish, as a rumor
- Put to rest
- Put to rest, as rumors
- Scatter
- Drive off, as rumors
- Put to rest, as a rumor
- Disperse.
More clues leading to the result ALIENATE
- Estrange
- Make hostile
- Drive off, as fans
- Keep at a distance
- Turn off, in a big way
- Distance
- Push away
- Turn into an extraterrestrial?
- Cause hostility in
- Drive away
More clues leading to the result OUST
- Give the boot to
- Give the heave-ho to
- Throw out
- Give the boot (to)
- Send packing
- Eject
- Evict
- Expel
- Unseat
- Unseat or dethrone
More clues leading to the result CHASEAWAY
More clues leading to the result SCAREAWAY
- Frighten off
- Deter
- Cause to lose courage
- Run off
- *Frighten off
- Frighten off.
- Startle into leaving
- Cause to flee
- Shoo with a "Boo!"
- Drive off