Drive+down

  • 1drive down — ˌdrive ˈdown [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they drive down he/she/it drives down present participle driving down past tense …

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  • 2drive down — v. (D; intr.) to drive down to (let s drive down to the beach) * * * [ draɪv daʊn] (D; intr.) to drive down to (let s drive down to the beach) …

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  • 3drive down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms drive down : present tense I/you/we/they drive down he/she/it drives down present participle driving down past tense drove down past participle driven down to make a price or amount fall to a lower level… …

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  • 4drive down — phr verb Drive down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cost, ↑wage …

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  • 5drive — drive1 W1S1 [draıv] v past tense drove [drəuv US drouv] past participle driven [ˈdrıvən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(vehicle)¦ 2¦(make somebody move)¦ 3¦(make somebody do something)¦ 4¦(make somebody/something be in a bad state)¦ 5¦(hit/push something into… …

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  • 6drive — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 trip by car ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ easy, short ▪ eight hour, sixty mile, etc. ▪ leisurely …

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  • 7drive — drive1 [ draıv ] (past tense drove [ drouv ] ; past participle driven [ drıvn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 control vehicle ▸ 2 provide power to move ▸ 3 push something to hit something else ▸ 4 force someone to leave ▸ 5 force someone into bad state ▸ 6 make …

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  • 8drive — ▪ I. drive drive 1 [draɪv] verb drove PASTTENSE [drəʊv ǁ droʊv] driven PASTPART [ˈdrɪvn] driving PRESPART drive a hard bargain COMMERCE to …

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  • 9drive */*/*/ — I UK [draɪv] / US verb Word forms drive : present tense I/you/we/they drive he/she/it drives present participle driving past tense drove UK [drəʊv] / US [droʊv] past participle driven UK [ˈdrɪv(ə)n] / US 1) [intransitive/transitive] to control a… …

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  • 10drive sth down — UK US drive sth down Phrasal Verb with drive({{}}/draɪv/ verb [T] (drove, driven) ► FINANCE to force a price, value, etc. to go down: »The company s primary concern was to increase competition and drive down prices …

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