drove
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3.5
- noun
- /droʊv/
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- Young people were leaving in droves.
- leaving in droves
And the GOP media is turning on Trump by the droves, but it's, for the most part people who didn't like him to begin with.
- And the GOP media is turning on Trump by the droves, but it's, for the most part people who didn't like him to begin with.
- I mean, this Archbishop is turning people away from religion or certainly from the Church of England in their droves.
- They're still going to show up in droves to vote for Biden.
- Where you got people leaving California and New York in droves.
- And this offers that in droves.
- People move from New York to Texas in droves.
- And by the way, if a better store comes along, then they will desert you in droves.
- And you see in Mexico that they are just coming in droves to the Texas border, thousands per day.
Examples
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And you see in Mexico that they are just coming in droves to the Texas border, thousands per day.
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Democrats are turning out in droves, but independents are less friendly to Obama this time around.
Blog text (2) -
Our guys have been coming down in droves all night.
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The media is gonna come after her in droves when they hear about this.
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People are turning away from the church in droves.
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We'll put an ad in the paper, and people will come out in droves.
Fiction book (1990) -
Parents often show up in droves to see young children perform in elementary Parent-Teacher Association programs.
Academic text (2011) -
Storm victims from other parts of the city are arriving in droves at a shelter in Washington Heights.
Blog text (13) -
Panic swept the countryside, and families abandoned their rural homesteads in droves to seek safety in town.
Academic text (1997) -
Tourists arrived at the festival in droves, eager to join the celebrations.
Synonyms
133
3.5
An organized effort to reach a goal or the movement of animals together
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3.4
A large moving group of people or animals that seems hard to control and overwhelming
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3.4
A large group of insects or people moving together without control
Compounds
- Specialized
A tool with a broad flat metal blade for smoothing or shaping stone surfaces
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word drove for a large group of animals comes from the verb drive, which meant 'to push or move', so a drove is a herd that has been driven together along a road.