Synonyms

drive at

British

verb

informal (intr, preposition) to intend or mean

what are you driving at?

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drive at Idioms

Mean to do or say, as in I don't understand what he's driving at. Today this idiom, first recorded in 1579, is used mainly with the participle driving.

Example Sentences

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Equally, these statistics don't tell us whether some people are choosing not to drive at night and nor do they account for other changes in driver behaviour.

From BBC

“The bus stops at the end of the drive at seven thirty sharp, Ida B,” Daddy said at breakfast the next morning, even though he’d already told me that three times the day before.

From Literature

Zak Crawley, playing his first ODI in more than two years, was out in familiar fashion – edging a drive at a wide one for only six, before Root and Duckett gave England a chance.

From BBC

Finding themselves in a tied game with the underdog Bears after three quarters in sub-20-degree temperatures, the Rams reeled off a 91-yard drive at the start of the fourth quarter and appeared headed for victory with Kyren Williams’ five-yard scamper into the end zone.

From Los Angeles Times

This would drive massive route-density economics, and could drive at least $500 million in synergies for both companies.

From Barron's

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