daily drive
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2.8
- noun
Examples
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The odd drive down a dirt road is probably not a concern; a daily drive on the same dirt road, though, is.
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Candidates who want the job badly may feel or act as if the commute is a non-issue, but the reality is that a long daily drive eventually takes its toll on anyone.
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Every morning, I enjoy my daily drive to the office, which takes about 30 minutes.
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He finds the daily drive to work relaxing, especially when he listens to music.
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The daily drive through the scenic countryside makes her commute enjoyable.
Synonyms
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1.0
A trip in a car, often for travel or pleasure
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3.0
A regular journey between home and work, often over a long distance
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Regular travel between home and work or school
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person's regular journey by car each day' is directly derivable from combining 'daily' (occurring each day) with 'drive' (a car journey). This adjective + noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern and should be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Daily drive comes from the simple image of a drive you do daily, a car trip you take the same way every day. That's why people use it to mean 'a person's regular journey by car to and from work'.