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drive in

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Verb1.drive in - cause a run or runner to be scored; "His line double drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run"
baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
2.drive in - arrive by motorcar; "The star and her manager drive in today from their motor tour across the country"
arrive, come, get - reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
3.drive in - cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion; "drive in screws or bolts"
screw
revolve, rotate, go around - turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"


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Would you and Miss Honeychurch be disposed to join me in a drive some day this week--a drive in the hills?
A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context
Convinced that they were spies sent on some sinister errand, they took them in custody, and set to work to drive in the horses.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
A certain gentleman"--he pointed at Crane's back--"won't drive in, but will wait a little short of the front gate, behind the laurels.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
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