drive : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a transmission that automatically changes the gears according to the speed of the car
  automatic transmission.
  

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• noun a hard straight return made on the backhand side
  

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• noun driving a bovine herd (as cows or bulls or steers)
  

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• noun a drive that reads a compact disc and that is connected to an audio system
  

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• noun a drive that is connected to a computer and on which a CD-ROM can be `played'
  

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• noun computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
  disc drive; disk drive; hard drive.
  

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• noun computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
  disc drive; disk drive; hard drive.
  

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• verb drive someone in a vehicle
  chauffeur.
  
• verb drive without any particular aim
  
  • we were driving around in the countryside on a fine Sunday morning

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

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• verb force or drive back
  repulse; repel; rebuff; fight off.
  
  • repel the attacker
  • fight off the onslaught
  • rebuff the attack

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• verb carry out or perform
  deliver.
  
  • deliver an attack", "deliver a blow
  • The boxer drove home a solid left
• verb make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something
  ram home; press home.
  
  • drive home a point or an argument
  • I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas

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• verb cause a run or runner to be scored
  
  • His line double drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run
• verb arrive by motorcar
  
  • The star and her manager drive in today from their motor tour across the country
• verb cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion
  screw.
  
  • drive in screws or bolts

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• noun mechanism that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicle
  drive line.
  

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• noun mechanism that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicle
  drive line.
  

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

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• verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
  turn back; dispel; drive away; chase away; drive off; run off.
  
  • Drive away potential burglars
  • drive away bad thoughts
  • dispel doubts
  • The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
• verb force or drive out
  force out; rouse; rout out.
  
  • The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.
• verb clear out the chest and lungs
  expectorate; clear out.
  
  • This drug expectorates quickly

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• verb approach while driving
  
  • The truck entered the driveway and drove up towards the house

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• noun homicide committed by shooting from a moving automobile
  

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• noun shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim
  

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• noun any installation designed to accommodate patrons in their automobiles
  

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• noun a well made by driving a tube into the earth to a stratum that bears water
  tube well.
  

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• noun the axle of a self-propelled vehicle that provides the driving power
  live axle.
  

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• noun a belt that carries motion from a motor to the machinery
  

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• noun the act of applying force to propel something
  thrust; drive.
  
  • after reaching the desired velocity the drive is cut off

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• noun (golf) the long iron with the most nearly vertical face
  one iron.
  

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• noun a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle
  driver's licence; driver's license; driving licence.
  

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• noun a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle
  driver's licence; driver's license; driving licence.
  

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• noun a practice range for practicing golf shots
  golf range.
  

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• noun a school where people are taught to drive automobiles
  

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• noun a wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force)
  

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• noun a stonemason's chisel with a broad edge for dressing stone
  drove.
  

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• noun a drive with its own power supply and fan mounted outside the computer system enclosure and connected to the computer by a cable
  

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• noun an automotive power coupling
  

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• noun (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
  

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• noun a motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system
  4WD.
  
• noun a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle
  4WD.
  

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Full`-drive" adverb

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1. With full speed. Colloq.

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• noun a campaign to raise money for some cause
  fund-raising campaign; fund-raising effort.
  

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• noun a spirally grooved spindle in a clock that counteracts the diminishing power of the uncoiling mainspring
  fusee.
  

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• noun computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
  disc drive; disk drive; hard drive.
  

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Home"-driv`en adjective

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1. Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close.

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• noun a drive mounted inside of a computer
  

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• verb fire as from a gun
  let fly; loose off.
  
  • The soldiers let drive their bullets

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• noun (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter
  liner.
  
  • the batter hit a liner to the shortstop

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• noun a double resulting from a line drive
  line double.
  

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• noun a single resulting from a line drive
  line single.
  

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• noun a triple resulting from a line drive
  line triple.
  

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• adjective satellite operated by automation
  machine-controlled; automated.
  
  • an automated stoker

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• adjective satellite powered by a motor
  
  • a power-driven hand tool

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• noun a rented car
  u-drive; rent-a-car; car rental; self-drive; hire car.
  
  • she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel

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• noun a physiological need for sexual activity
  
  • testosterone is responsible for the male sex drive

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• noun a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
  tape transport; transport.
  

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• noun test of the roadworthiness of a vehicle one is considering buying
  
• verb test a vehicle by driving it
  
  • I want to test drive the new Porsche

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• to bring to extremities; to push to extremes; to get the advantage of, or mastery over.

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• to discharge with violence, as a blow, an arrow, or stone. See under Drive, and Fly.

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• to aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack. "Four rogues in buckram let drive at me."

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• noun a rented car
  u-drive; rent-a-car; car rental; self-drive; hire car.
  
  • she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel

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Weath"er-driv`en adjective

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1. Driven by winds or storms; forced by stress of weather. Carew.

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• noun a progressive whist party
  

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• noun computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
  disc drive; disk drive; hard drive.
  

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• noun a rented car
  u-drive; rent-a-car; car rental; self-drive; hire car.
  
  • she picked up a hire car at the airport and drove to her hotel

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