drive home
To push something into position completely by forceTo push something into position completely by force.
» I asked him to drive me home.
Ich bat ihn, mich nach Hause zu fahren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Я попросил его отвезти меня домой. — odexed
Я попросив його відвезти мене додому. — deniko
Я попросила його відвезти мене додому. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(transitive)To push something into position completely by force.
(figuratively, transitive)To emphasize (a point) with tangible or powerful demonstration.
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.
- make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something
- carry out or perform
Examples
367 sentencesI 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
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
Tom asked Mary to drive him home.
Том попросив Мері підкинути його додому. — deniko
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
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 languagesForms
drives home, driving home, drove home, driven home| Base form | drive home · to drive home |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | drives home |
| Present participle | driving home |
| Past simple | drove home |
| Past participle | driven home |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
4 synonyms- make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something:ram homepress home
- carry out or perform:deliver
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.