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drive Irish tandem

drive Irish tandem verb: to walk; to go by foot.

Verb

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

  1. (UK, dated) To walk; to go by foot.
    • “Mr. Mayor and fellow citizens,” it was thus he addressed the meeting the morning I returned to Waterford, “I came to attend this meeting, driving Irish tandem — that is one foot before the other.”c. 1848, Thomas Francis Meagher, Meagher of the Sword: Speeches of Thomas Francis Meagher in Ireland, 1846-1848, his narrative of events in Ireland in July 1848, personal reminiscences of Waterford...
    • He was driving Irish tandem, but perhaps I talk at random – / I'd forgotten for a moment you are not all mulga-bred; / What I mean's he had his swag up through his having knocked his nag up1901, Jack Mathieu, “That Day at Boiling Downs”, in Australian Ballads & Short Stories, Penguin, published 2003, page 263

Forms of drive Irish tandem

third-person singular presentdrives Irish tandem
present participledriving Irish tandem
pastdrove Irish tandem
past participledriven Irish tandem

Questions about drive Irish tandem

What does drive Irish tandem mean?
Drive Irish tandem means to walk; to go by foot.
What part of speech is drive Irish tandem?
Drive Irish tandem is a verb.
What is the past tense of drive Irish tandem?
The past tense of drive Irish tandem is drove Irish tandem.

Words near drive Irish tandem in the dictionary

  1. drive down
  2. drive for show, putt for dough
  3. drive home
  4. drive in
  5. drive into the ground
  6. drive Irish tandem
  7. drive letter
  8. drive letters
  9. drive off
  10. drive offs
  11. drive one's pigs to market

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