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drove down

drove down is the simple past of drive down.

Meaning of drive down

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to decrease.
    • The wind chill drives down the temperature.
    Antonyms:
    drive up
  2. (idiomatic, informal) To drive to a location that is south of one's current location.

Questions about drove down

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

Words near drove down in the dictionary

  1. drove a wedge
  2. drove a wedge between
  3. drove at
  4. drove away
  5. drove back
  6. drove down
  7. drove in
  8. drove into the ground
  9. drove it down
  10. drove off
  11. drove one's pigs to market

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