all-wheel drive

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noun

a system used in motor vehicles in which all four (or more) wheels are permanently connected to the source of power, in such a way that each wheel is able to rotate at a different speedSee also four-wheel drive

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He used to drive her to school once he came home from the Marines.
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The hope was that greater transparency about performance would drive results.
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Then with your victorious legions you can march south and help drive the Yankee invaders from the land.
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Wordsworth has illustrated how an unwise and importunate demand for a reason from a child may drive him into invention.
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Give not up thy heart to sadness, but drive it from thee: and remember the latter end.
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