come back, get back, go back, return - come back to place where one has been before, or return to a previous activity

recidivate, relapse, retrogress, regress, lapse, fall back - go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

resile - return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed; "The rubber tubes resile"

recuperate, recover, go back - regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"

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."

cut down, cut out - intercept (a player)

defend - be on the defensive; act against an attack