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drove at

drove at is the simple past 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 drove at

What is drove at the simple past of?
Drove at is the simple past of drive at.

Words near drove at in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drove 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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