drive at

British  

verb

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

   what are you driving at?

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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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Example Sentences

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

He had in fact passed out when he’d given blood for the first time, at a blood drive at Arbel he’d signed up for because it had been an excused absence from gym that week.

From Literature

Some officers will undergo a one-day course in responding to emergency calls in police vans, while others will spend three days being shown how to drive at the start of a pursuit.

From BBC