designated driver
designated driver noun: a person who avoids drinking alcohol at a social engagement for the purpose of driving their companions home.
Noun
designated driver (plural designated drivers)
- A person who avoids drinking alcohol at a social engagement for the purpose of driving their companions home.
- Back in the 1980s, the Harvard School of Public Health mounted a campaign to normalize the idea of a “designated driver” to reduce drunk driving. Jay Winsten of Harvard spent weeks in Hollywood, meeting with 250 executive producers and head writers, asking them to work the concept of a designated...2014 March 27, Robin Marantz Henig, “Fictional Plotlines and Real Assisted Suicide”, in The Atlantic
- I’m his Lyft driver, or, as I have come to think of it, his designated driver on demand.2020 February 27, Peter Jakubowicz, “The Drunk Men I Drive Around Every Night”, in Slate Magazine
- Synonyms:
- DD
Synonyms of designated driver
Forms of designated driver
| plural | designated drivers |
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Words formed from designated driver
Questions about designated driver
- What does designated driver mean?
- Designated driver means a person who avoids drinking alcohol at a social engagement for the purpose of driving their companions home.
- What part of speech is designated driver?
- Designated driver is a noun.
- What is the plural of designated driver?
- The plural of designated driver is designated drivers.
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