to drive up
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3.1
- phrasal verb
- /draɪv ʌp/
:
llegar en coche a
- I saw her drive up to the house in her new car.
She lives outside of Daytona and we drove up to Atlanta.
- She lives outside of Daytona and we drove up to Atlanta.
- Last night JC and I drove up to LA.
- So he gets off the freeway and he drives up a dirt Rd.
- He knows that the white van is going to drive up, pull him out and kidnap him.
- And he jumped off the freeway and he drove up this this farm called Myolini Farm.
- We get to Miami and from Miami would have to drive up to the Palm Beach Gardens location.
- Grab yourself a toothbrush, come to the ground, pick up your football boots, drive up to Wrexham.
- I told him earlier you drove up here, though.
- So my dad stayed home from work, we all drove up together and she sat in the back seat with me.
Examples
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I'd like to drive up this evening.
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Did I hear you drive up a while back?
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Well, you can drive up here, probably.
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Could have made you drive up to see me.
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I think I can drive up tomorrow.
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We'll drive up tomorrow or the next day.
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"Do you want to drive up to Fort Story with me?" he said.
Fiction book (1991) -
I remember the first time I met Billy, I like drove up to his cool mansion in the hills.
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Last night JC and I drove up to LA.
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OK, so let's drive up to the crag and start climbing.
Synonyms
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1.7
To move closer to a person or place
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2.2
To go up to someone to speak to them
163
2.8
To stop or slow down a vehicle at a place
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2.5
To arrive at a place by car
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6.0
Stop a car or taxi at the side of a road
Antonyms
How Close
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to increase' is partly recoverable from 'drive' (as 'force/cause') combined with 'up' (indicating upward/increase), so there is a compositional motivation. However, the causative/metaphorical extension of 'drive' from controlling a vehicle to causing values or prices to rise may not be immediately obvious to a B1 learner without exposure, making the relation only partially transparent.
Etymology
The phrasal verb drive up comes from the image of the parts drive and up: a car driving close and pulling up to a door, like a taxi at the entrance. That's why it means 'to approach a place or a person in a vehicle'.