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drive up

drive up verb: to cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to increase.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to increase.
    Antonyms:
    drive down
  2. (idiomatic, informal) To drive to a location that is north of one's current location.

Antonyms of drive up

Forms of drive up

third-person singular presentdrives up
present participledriving up
pastdrove up
past participledriven up

Questions about drive up

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

Words near drive up in the dictionary

  1. drive train
  2. drive trains
  3. drive truck
  4. drive unit
  5. drive units
  6. drive up
  7. drive wheel
  8. drive wheels
  9. drive-by
  10. drive-by download
  11. drive-by downloads

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