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drive

Definition for drive

noun as in journey by vehicle

Strongest matches

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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“They want to be away from their cellphones and the TV and be outside, not spend a ton of money, and not have to drive to L.A. or San Diego.”

From Los Angeles Times

At the helm was pilot Jeremy Degagne, "If you do the drive, it's four and a half hours. And we did the flight in 52 minutes."

From BBC

Even limited access could reveal how the technology drives engagement, moderation and ad targeting - all the things that make the app so profitable, she adds.

From BBC

National Records of Scotland figures released in August suggested the 0.7% growth in the country's population had been driven by those arriving from overseas.

From BBC

But university student Kirsty Holpin, who lives with her grandmother and drives to lectures each day, says only two of her course mates actually live on campus.

From BBC

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

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