Drive off and Hold

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Drive off verb - Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings.

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Hold is an antonym for drive off in throw or be thrown out topic.

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

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Drive off is an antonym for hold.

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

The Theirin dynasty has a long history of rule, broken only temporarily during the Orlesian occupation, and restored when Maric Theirin, the grandson of the Theirin king who was too weak to hold off the Orlesians, manages (with some help) to drive off the occupying forces and regains the crown.

Source: Elective Monarchy

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