drive off

verb, noun — 6 senses

drive off

verbalso spelled drive-off
1

Idiomatic To force to leave or go away.

2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, off.

  • We started the car and drove off.

drive-off

noun
1

The act of stealing fuel from a self-service filling station by driving off without paying after filling the fuel tank; the act of bilking.

2

The act of leaving a filling station with the fuel pump hose nozzle still inserted into the fill spout of the fuel tank.

3

A contest or comparison of cars or drivers.

4

A place where one can conveniently pull off the road.

Synonyms
fill and flee, fill and fly, gas and dash, gas and go, pump and jump, bilking

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