drive out verb2 •To push or to pull, i.e. to force, (someone or something) out of somewhere.In 1924 the Hashemite King Hussein was driven out of the Hedjaz by Ibn Saud, and a state of war sprang up between the new kingdoms of Saudi Arabia and Trans-Jordan. — 1956 •(no longer used) 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. formsdrove out · driven out · driving out · drives out