From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdrive off phrasal verb1 DSGto hit the ball to begin a game of golf2 FORCE somebody TO DO something drive somebody ↔ off to force a person or animal to go away from you We keep dogs in the yard to drive off intruders. → drive→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
drive off• Eddie ran out of the house, jumped into his car, and drove off.• Someone had smashed into her car, and then just driven off.• Adrian just had time to see his father jump into the truck and drive off in a cloud of dust. 