Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To push something into position completely by force.

  2. (figuratively, transitive)To emphasize (a point) with tangible or powerful demonstration.

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, home.

    He decided not to drive home right away.

    He was afraid he would doze off on the long drive home.

More definitions
  • make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something
  • carry out or perform

Examples

367 sentences
  1. I asked him to drive me home.

    Я попросив його відвезти мене додому. — deniko

    ruЯ попросил его отвезти меня домой. — odexed

    deIch bat ihn, mich nach Hause zu fahren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. He was too drunk to drive home.

    Він був занадто п'яний, щоб їхати додому на машині. — deniko

    ruОн был слишком пьян, чтобы ехать домой на машине. — marafon

    deEr war zu betrunken, um heimfahren zu können. — Manfredo

  3. Tom asked Mary to drive him home.

    Том попросив Мері підкинути його додому. — deniko

  4. Do you want me to drive you home?

    Ти хочеш, щоб я відвіз тебе додому? — deniko

    ruОтвезти тебя домой? — marafon

    deSoll ich dich heimfahren? — brauchinet

  5. I'll drive you home.

    Я відвезу тебе додому. — deniko

    ruЯ тебя отвезу домой. — FeuDRenais

    deIch werde dich mit dem Auto nach Hause bringen. — xtofu80

Translations

1 languages

Forms

drives home, driving home, drove home, driven home
Base formdrive home · to drive home
3rd person singulardrives home
Present participledriving home
Past simpledrove home
Past participledriven home

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydrive home
he, she, itdrives home

Past simpleLesson

all personsdrove home

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave driven home
he, she, ithas driven home

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill drive home

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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