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designated drivers

designated drivers is the plural of designated driver.

Meaning of designated driver

Noun

designated driver (plural designated drivers)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    DD

Questions about designated drivers

What is designated drivers the plural of?
Designated drivers is the plural of designated driver.

Words near designated drivers in the dictionary

  1. designata
  2. designatable
  3. designate
  4. designated
  5. designated driver
  6. designated drivers
  7. designated hitter
  8. designated hitters
  9. designated runner
  10. designated runners
  11. designated survivor

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