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lets drive

lets drive is the third-person singular simple present indicative of let drive.

Meaning of let drive

Verb

let drive (third-person singular simple present lets drive, present participle letting drive, simple past and past participle let drive)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack; to shoot (an arrow or firearm).
    • Four rogues in buckram let drive at me—c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (obsolete) To allow (a vessel) to be propelled by the wind, current or tide.
    • And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 27:15

Questions about lets drive

What is lets drive the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lets drive is the third-person singular simple present indicative of let drive.

Words near lets drive in the dictionary

  1. lets be
  2. lets blood
  3. lets bygones be bygones
  4. lets crazy stick its dick in you
  5. lets down
  6. lets drive
  7. lets fluffy off the chain
  8. lets fly
  9. lets go
  10. lets go and lets God
  11. lets in

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