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drove up

drove up is the simple past of drive up.

Meaning of drive up

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.

Questions about drove up

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

Words near drove up in the dictionary

  1. drove stick
  2. drove the porcelain bus
  3. drove to distraction
  4. drove to drink
  5. drove truck
  6. drove up
  7. droved
  8. droven
  9. drover
  10. drover's road
  11. drover's roads

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