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drives at

drives at is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drive at.

Meaning of drive at

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To mean, signify; to get at, to aim or tend to a point.
    • Do you see what I'm driving at?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, at.
    • Drive at a reduced speed when visibility and traction are poor.
    Synonyms:
    get at

Questions about drives at

What is drives at the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Drives at is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drive at.

Words near drives at in the dictionary

  1. drives a nail in someone's coffin
  2. drives a nail where it will go
  3. drives a stake through its heart
  4. drives a wedge
  5. drives a wedge between
  6. drives at
  7. drives away
  8. drives back
  9. drives down
  10. drives in
  11. drives into the ground

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drives at (page history and authors); drive at (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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