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Meanings of
drive back
in English
Portuguese
repelir
Back to the meaning
Force or drive back.
repel
repulse
rebuff
fight off
Portuguese
repelir
To drive, ride, or go back; to return.
return
go back
ride back
Synonyms
Examples for "
repel
"
repel
repulse
rebuff
fight off
Examples for "
repel
"
1
June 3: Citizens
repel
a charge towards Tiananmen by thousands of soldiers.
2
The Great Wall of China was unable to
repel
the raiding hordes.
3
No country was better prepared to
repel
the infestation than North Korea.
4
To assemble protons requires hard work because they naturally
repel
each other.
5
And now I control an empire, because hard work didn't
repel
me.
1
The conflict was severe, but resulted in the
repulse
of the besiegers.
2
The Nineteenth did not participate largely in the battle after its
repulse
.
3
I desire to help you; you
repulse
me and insult my manhood.
4
They still saw red, the red of a darker anger-thatof
repulse
.
5
He also insisted that Julian had sufficient men to
repulse
the Germans.
1
The government ran on a pro-war ticket and suffered a resounding
rebuff
.
2
The woman's resentment of the
rebuff
seemed to spur her lagging ideas.
3
She was really a little dazed by the firmness of the
rebuff
.
4
Anything that was not actual
rebuff
was invitation to her blunted sense.
5
Hence it was that I received my second
rebuff
of the morning.
1
Does exercise help or hinder our bodies' ability to
fight
off
infections?
2
They demonstrated a range of techniques invertebrates use to
fight
off
diseases.
3
May has said she will
fight
off
any attempt to unseat her.
4
It's actually harder to
fight
off
opponents you only want to discourage.
5
Kevin Owens helps
fight
off
the heels, but then suddenly nails Kofi.
Usage of
drive back
in English
1
These members will support paramedics at scenes and
drive
back
to hospitals.
2
It is a fine morning; we shall have a brisk
drive
back
.
3
They would
drive
back
to London immediately after breakfast the next day.
4
Two days minimum before they could get the Susumi
drive
back
on-line.
5
Get in the car and
drive
back
to the hotel right away.
6
On her
drive
back
to the precinct, Nikki's panic dueled with hope.
7
The drive from Bethesda to Quogue feels longer than the
drive
back
.
8
I shall simply get the thing settled and
drive
back
with them.
9
On the
drive
back
to Godalming, hardly a word passed between them.
10
Folsom and the girls had to
drive
back
to dinner without him.
11
Art and I did not speak on the
drive
back
to KPD.
12
Yet Klitschko clung on, absorbed and recovered to
drive
back
his opponent.
13
We want all of our own warriors, to
drive
back
the strangers.
14
On the
drive
back
to his cottage De Savary hummed a tune.
15
Later we
drive
back
to the Snakepit for a few late-afternoon pitches.
16
Dad is loading the van for their
drive
back
to Rhode Island.
Other examples for "drive back"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
drive
back
drive
Verb
Adverb
Translations for
drive back
Portuguese
repelir
Drive back
through the time
Drive back
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Common
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Common
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