drive-up
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of drive-up
adj. use of verb phrase drive up
Example Sentences
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The authors acknowledge this type of action will drive-up prices for consumers.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
The new site would have a drive-up loading bay, making it easier for larger items such as prams and cots to be lifted into a car or taxi.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025
For a time, some years past, the Taco Bell drive-up menu had a helpful phonetic pronunciation guide: “buh-ree-toh.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
The Sherwin-Williams paint store at 105th relies on drive-up customers, yet sales assistant Evan Pydych was optimistic about a greener Aurora with trees.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
This is the last pathetic vestige of the preliminary privacies of its original type, the gates, the drive-up, the front lawn, the shady trees, that gave a great impressive margin to the door.
From Mankind in the Making by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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