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drive at

British  

verb

  1. informal (intr, preposition) to intend or mean

    what are you driving at?

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

drive at Idioms  
  1. 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.


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Briny fluids likely helped drive at least some of that chemistry.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

It said the autonomous vehicle under certain circumstances may enter and drive at speed in freeway construction zones due to inappropriately prioritizing the avoidance of other freeway hazards and/or failing to recognize the construction zone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Michael Whitaker used to drive at an average of 65 miles an hour to 68 mph, hauling heavy equipment between Iowa, Maryland, Georgia and the Carolinas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

“But we are aiming for that level four autonomy, where you don’t have to drive at all.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

“You can’t write and drive at the same time,” Miss Volker said to me, “so I guess we’ll skip the history at the end of the obituary.”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

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