drove (A2)
verb
Pronunciation: /droʊv/
Definition
To operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle or other machine.
Examples
She drove the car carefully through the narrow streets.
He learned to drive when he was sixteen.
The bus driver drove us to the airport.
How to Use drove
- drive away (phrasal verb)
- To cause someone or something to leave; to repel. — "The bad smell drove the customers away."
- drive off (phrasal verb)
- To force someone or something to leave a place. — "The police drove off the protesters."
- drive into (prepositional phrase)
- To collide with something while driving. — "He accidentally drove into the back of another car."
- drive through (prepositional phrase)
- To travel through a place by vehicle, or to force something through opposition. — "We drove through the night to reach our destination."
- drive someone to do something (collocation)
- To compel or motivate someone to perform a particular action. — "Desperation drove him to steal."
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