drive-by event
- noun
- /ˈdraɪvˌbaɪ ɪˈvɛnt/
- Neologism
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evento drive-by
- The charity hosted a drive-by event for donations, allowing people to contribute without getting out of their cars.
Examples
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During the pandemic, our school organized a drive-by event so families could safely pick up supplies.
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Many birthday celebrations became drive-by events to maintain social distancing guidelines.
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The city organized a drive-by event for food distribution.
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Many families attended the drive-by events during the pandemic.
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During the pandemic, our school organized a drive-by event so families could safely pick up supplies.
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The charity hosted a drive-by event for donations, allowing people to contribute without getting out of their cars.
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Many birthday celebrations became drive-by events to maintain social distancing guidelines.
Synonyms
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2.5
An activity for people who live in the same area, like a fair or meeting
Antonyms
How In-Person
Surface Forms
Morphology
drive-by + event
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'drive-by' (literally 'done while driving past' or 'from a vehicle') with 'event' (an occurrence), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer an event attended briefly without leaving cars. This is analogous to transparent compounds like 'drive-through' or 'drive-in', making the compositional logic obvious (context will disambiguate from the separate collocation 'drive-by shooting').
Etymology
Drive-by event comes from the simple picture of people in cars: they literally drive by and take part in the event without getting out of their car. That's why it means 'an event where people join briefly from their cars'.