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driving at

driving at is the present participle and gerund 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 driving at

What is driving at the present participle and gerund of?
Driving at is the present participle and gerund of drive at.

Words near driving at in the dictionary

  1. driving a nail in someone's coffin
  2. driving a nail where it will go
  3. driving a stake through its heart
  4. driving a wedge
  5. driving a wedge between
  6. driving at
  7. driving away
  8. driving axle
  9. driving axles
  10. driving back
  11. driving band

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Adapted from Wiktionary: driving 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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