self-drive

[ self-drahyv ]

adjective

, Chiefly British.

1. of, for, designating, or providing a car that is rented for personal use, without a hired driver.

self-drive

adjective

1. denoting or relating to a hired car that is driven by the hirer

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-drive¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

To let one's self drive with or be driven by the upper one is weakness, and ends in destruction.

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