driven out
Made to leave
Driven out means forced to leave a place or position.
People are driven out of their homes by war, poverty, or persecution.
Animals are driven out of their habitats by development.
The phrase suggests expulsion through pressure or force rather than voluntary departure: The invaders drove out the native population.
Figuratively, one thing drives out another by replacing it: New technologies have driven out traditional methods.
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
- banishedForced to leave permanently
- exiledForced from one's country
- evictedRemoved from property legally
- shown the doorForced out, terminated
chased away · displaced · uprooted · ethnic cleansing · fled · refugees · persecution · homeland · scattered · purged · deportation · fugitive · on the run · wandering · homeless · dispossessed · routed · retreat
- exileexile, banishment, exiled, banished, exiling
- outcastspariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws, castaway
- removedremoved, eliminated, deleted, erased, extracted
- oustedfired, axed, sacked, canned, terminated
- coupscoup d'etat, overthrow, coup attempt, soft coup, failed coup
driven outtaken in
Fooled by false pretenses
let in · brought in · ushered in · admitted · accepted
driven outestablished
Formally set up
settled · rooted · entrenched · installed · planted
drive, driven, drove, drives, driving, driver, drivers, driveway, overdrive