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drive-in

[ drahyv-in ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a place of business or public facility designed to accommodate patrons who sit in their automobiles, as a movie theater with an outdoor screen facing the parking area or a restaurant where servers bring food out to be eaten in the parked automobiles.

of, relating to, or characteristic of such an establishment:
Drive-in business far exceeded walk-in business.

drive-in

denoting a public facility or service designed to be used by patrons seated in their cars
a drive-in bank

An Americanism first recorded in 1925–30; noun, adjective use of verb phrase drive in

On the way out of town we stopped at a drive-in grocery to buy ice for the cooler.

He made suggestions to the manager of the drive-in burger restaurant about what should be on the jukebox.

Drive-in burger restaurants played a crucial role in cruising.

Or take Dicks Drive-in, a six-store chain in the Seattle area, whose menu of benefits resembles that of a technology company.

He came around a blind corner of the drive-in lane just as an SUV pulled up.

On the drive-in, Adine stopped the car while Davy invoiced his available cash at sixty-five dollars.

As soon as possible, however, a shop which is large enough to have a drive-in should be rented or built.

A drive-in is also convenient if a customer leaves his car while his battery is being repaired.

As soon as growth of business permits, a shop should have a drive-in, so that the customer may bring his car off the street.

The guy at the drive-in made a positive identification; it's the one he sold Fleming.

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