to drive in
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4.9
- phrasal verb
- Jargon
:
impulsar
- He's had a single and a double, and he drove in the Giants' first run with a long fly to center.
- drove in a run
- drove in three
- drove in a homer
Examples
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Later in the 4th inning, A. Callaspo singled to right to drive in Howie Kendrick and Vernon Wells.
Blog text (23) -
Lanz came up with a big hit to drive in a key run in the Giants' victory.
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I even had a stand-up double in the fourth to drive in one of our four runs.
Fiction book (2000) -
Still afloat, still at bat, still have a chance to drive in the winning run.
Blog text (1) -
While he only hit .250 in the World Series against the Phillies, he drove in six runs during that Yankees victory.
Blog text (32) -
He'd drive in an insurance run in the series-clinching Game 5 as well.
Blog text (11) -
Pujols recovered from his career-worst start to hit 30 home runs and drive in 105.
Blog text (15) -
But now Ross is up with not only a chance for his 3,000th base hit and a call from Cooperstown, but an opportunity to drive in the winning run and end the Brewers' season on a high note.
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Trout stole a lot more bases (45), but Cabrera drove in a lot more runs (56).
Blog text (21) -
In the final inning, he drove in the winning run with a powerful hit to center field.
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to force something into a surface' is a direct compositional combination of 'drive' (to push or strike/force) + 'in' (into), so the overall meaning is predictable from the parts. Although 'drive' has vehicle-related senses, the verb+particle pattern meaning 'force X in' is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE.
Etymology
The baseball verb drive in comes from the picture of drive and in: the batter hits the ball so a runner can run in to home and score. So it means 'to cause a run or a runner to score'.