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drive

Definition for drive

noun as in journey by vehicle

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ride, run, tour, trip

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airing, commute, excursion, expedition, hitch, jaunt, joyride, lift, outing, pickup, ramble, spin, turn, whirl

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noun as in campaign for cause

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action, crusade, effort, initiative, push

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advance, appeal, enterprise, get-up-and-go, surge

noun as in person's will to achieve

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effort, initiative, momentum, push

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ambition, clout, energy, enterprise, get-up-and-go, goods, gumption, guts, impetus, impulse, motivation, motive, moxie, pep, pressure, punch, spunk, steam, stuff, vigor, vitality, zip

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fire in belly, impellent, right stuff, what it takes

verb as in move or urge on

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chase, encourage, force, herd, inspire, make, motivate, prompt, propel, push, rush, send, spur, stimulate

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actuate, animate, arouse, bulldoze, coerce, compel, constrain, dog, goad, goose, harass, hasten, hound, hurl, hurry, hustle, impel, induce, instigate, kick, nag, oblige, overburden, overwork, pound, press, pressure, prod, provoke, railroad, rouse, shepherd, shove, steamroll, worry

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act upon, egg on, lean on, put up to, ride herd on, spirit up, work on

verb as in moving, controlling a vehicle

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cruise, drag, fly, guide, operate, propel, push, ride, run, send, speed, spin, start, steer, transport, travel, turn

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actuate, advance, bicycle, bike, coast, cycle, dash, direct, handle, impel, manage, mobilize, motor, roll, tailgate, tool, wheel

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bear down, burn rubber, burn up the road, fire up, floor it, lean on it, make sparks fly, pour it on, step on it, step on the gas, vehiculate

verb as in hit with heavy blow

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beat, knock, plunge, run, shoot, strike, throw

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batter, butt, dash, dig, hammer, jackhammer, maul, pop, punch, ram, sink, smite, sock, stab, stick, thrust, thump, whack, wham

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Example Sentences

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The new mood is driven in part by the beauty industry and its new mantra: embrace your perspiration.

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In one, Cabello is in camouflaged fatigues as he drives himself along a highway en route to a militia deployment in the country’s west.

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Two Uber passengers whom Rinderknecht drove on separate trips between 10:15 and 11:15 p.m. on New Year’s Eve told law enforcement that he appeared angry and agitated.

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But White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said the administration's action on H-1B visas discourages companies from "driving down American wages."

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Ms Nava argues that the added risks fishermen are facing could drive some of them into the arms of drug and arms smugglers looking to recruit people to transport their illicit shipments.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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