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fordrive

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Verb — To force someone or something to leave.

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Etymology

Came from Middle English fordriven, from Old English fordrīfan (“to drive, sweep away, drive on, impel, compel, drive away, expel, overtax”), from Proto-West Germanic *fradrīban, from Proto-Germanic *fradrībaną (“to drive away, drive out, expel”), equivalent to for- + drive. It is cognate with West Frisian fordriuwe, f...

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