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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 Prop C campaign put him into conflict with many of the city’s tech company leaders and investors, who predicted it would drive companies to relocate.

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These charges are a clear attempt to silence a leading voice who dared to challenge a cruel, politically driven campaign of fear,” the statement read.

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It is here the wrestlers, known as rikishi, will perform their leg stomps to drive away evil spirits, and where they will clap to get the attention of the gods.

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Ferrari chief executive Benedetto Vigna said it would have driving traits that were "unique in the heart, in the soul of our clients."

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The resilience of the stock market is, ironically, exactly what is driving some of the jitters.

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

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