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Drive off, old style
Answer for the clue "Drive off, old style ", 5 letters:
feeze
Word definitions for feeze in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) fretful excitement 2 a race; a run; a running start, as for a leap 3 vexation; worry; fret vb. to drive off; frighten away; put to flight
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Feeze \Feeze\, v. t. [For sense 1, cf. F. visser to screw, vis screw, or 1st E. feaze, v.t.: for sense 2, see Feese .] To turn, as a screw. [Scot] --Jamieson. To beat; to chastise; to humble; to worry. [Obs.] [Written also feaze , feize , pheese .] --Beau. ...
Usage examples of feeze.
Battling Dago Pete landed a few more before the fight was over, but as any old fighter will tell you there is nothing more discouraging than to discover that your most effective blows do not feeze your opponent, and only the knowledge of what a defeat at the hands of a new sparring partner would mean to his future, kept him plugging away at the hopeless task of attempting to knock out this mountain of bone and muscle.