be driving at something Definition

drive
verb drove (past tense), driven (past participle), driving

1a. To control the movement of (a vehicle);

Thesaurus: control, steer, guide, direct, manage, lead, operate.
1b. To be legally qualified to do so.
intr
2. To travel in a vehicle.
3. To take or transport someone or something in a vehicle.
4. To urge or force someone or something to move.

Example: drive cattle
Example: boats driven on to the beach by the storm
5. To make someone or something get into a particular state or condition.

Example: Her chatter drives me to distraction
Example: It drove me crazy
Thesaurus: impel, propel, instigate, urge, compel, induce, press, force, incite, motivate.
6. To force by striking.

Example: drove the nail into the wood
Thesaurus: hit, strike, thrust.
7. To produce motion in something; to make it operate.

Example: machinery driven by steam
8a. sport.
In golf: to hit (a ball), especially from the tee and using a driver;
8b. sport.
In cricket: to hit (a ball) forward with an upright bat;
8c. sport.
To hit or kick (a ball, etc) with great force.
9. To conduct or dictate.

Example: drive a hard bargain

noun

1. A trip in a vehicle; travel by road.

Thesaurus: ride, trip, journey, outing, ramble, tour, expedition, excursion, jaunt, spin.
2. A path for vehicles, leading from a private residence to the road outside. Also called driveway.
3. A street title in an address.

Form: Drive
4. Energy and enthusiasm.

Thesaurus: ambition, push, aggression, aggressiveness, get-up-and-go, verve, energy, willpower.
5. An organized campaign; a group effort.

Example: an economy drive
6. Operating power, or a device supplying this.
7. A forceful strike of a ball in various sports.
8. A united movement forward, especially by a military force.
9. A meeting to play a game, especially cards.

Derivative: drivability
noun

Derivative: drivable
adj

Idiom: be driven by something

To be motivated by it.
Example: They were driven to steal by sheer hunger

Idiom: be driving at something

To intend or imply it as a meaning or conclusion
Example: What is he driving at?
Thesaurus: mean, suggest, imply, allude to, intimate, insinuate, indicate.

Idiom: drive something home

To make it clearly understood.

To force (a bolt, nail, etc) completely in.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon drifan.