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letting drive

letting drive is the present participle and gerund 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 letting drive

What is letting drive the present participle and gerund of?
Letting drive is the present participle and gerund of let drive.

Words near letting drive in the dictionary

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

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