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drinking and driving

drinking and driving is the present participle of drink and drive.

Meaning of drink and drive

Verb

drink and drive (third-person singular simple present drinks and drives, present participle drinking and driving, simple past drank and drove, past participle drunk and driven)

  1. To drive a motor vehicle shortly after having consumed alcohol beverages.
    • Don't drink and drive, or you can lose your license.

Questions about drinking and driving

What is drinking and driving the present participle of?
Drinking and driving is the present participle of drink and drive.

Words near drinking and driving in the dictionary

  1. drinkie
  2. drinkies
  3. drinking
  4. drinking age
  5. drinking ages
  6. drinking and driving
  7. drinking bird
  8. drinking birds
  9. drinking culture
  10. drinking cultures
  11. drinking down

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drinking and driving (page history and authors); drink and drive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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