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Phrase(s): drive back
to go in a vehicle back to where it started. • Mary drove back and parked the car where it had been when she started. • You drive us there and I’ll drive back., Phrase(s): drive someone or something back
to force someone or something away; to force someone or something to retreat. • The infantry drove the attackers back into the desert. • They drove back the invading army. • We drove them back to the border.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs