"drive up" meaning in All languages combined

See drive up on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: drives up [present, singular, third-person], driving up [participle, present], drove up [past], driven up [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|drives up|driving up|drove up|driven up}} drive up (third-person singular simple present drives up, present participle driving up, simple past drove up, past participle driven up)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) To cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to increase. Tags: idiomatic, informal Synonyms: drive down
    Sense id: en-drive_up-en-verb-GiqFRRtM
  2. (informal, idiomatic) To drive to a location that is north of one's current location. Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-drive_up-en-verb-49nQIqdb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91

Inflected forms

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