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drive down

drive down verb: to cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to decrease.

Verb

drive down (third-person singular simple present drives down, present participle driving down, simple past drove down, past participle driven down)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to decrease.
    • The wind chill drives down the temperature.
    Antonyms:
    drive up
  2. (idiomatic, informal) To drive to a location that is south of one's current location.

Antonyms of drive down

Forms of drive down

third-person singular presentdrives down
present participledriving down
pastdrove down
past participledriven down
alternative formdrive something down
alternative formdrive it down

Questions about drive down

What does drive down mean?
Drive down means to cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to decrease.
What part of speech is drive down?
Drive down is a verb.
What is the past tense of drive down?
The past tense of drive down is drove down.

Words near drive down in the dictionary

  1. drive by
  2. drive by shooting
  3. drive by shootings
  4. drive bys
  5. drive chain
  6. drive down
  7. drive for show, putt for dough
  8. drive home
  9. drive in
  10. drive into the ground
  11. drive Irish tandem

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