frighten - drive out by frightening

move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

fire - drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"

clear the air - dispel differences or negative emotions; "The group called a meeting to finally clear the air"

banish - drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"

shoo, shoo away, shoo off - drive away by crying `shoo!'

drive out, rouse, rout out, force out - force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."

move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back - force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

hunt - chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"

smoke out - drive out with smoke; "smoke out the bees"

remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"