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{
"form": "drives at",
"tags": [
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"singular",
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},
{
"form": "driving at",
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"participle",
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]
},
{
"form": "drove at",
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},
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}
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"text": "Do you see what I'm driving at?",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To mean, signify; to get at, to aim or tend to a point."
],
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"(transitive) To mean, signify; to get at, to aim or tend to a point."
],
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"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
"word": "auf etwas hinauswollen"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
"word": "céloz"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
"word": "utal"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
"word": "gondol"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
"word": "akar mondani"
},
{
"_dis1": "99 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
"word": "akar kilyukadni …-ra/-re"
}
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Drive at a reduced speed when visibility and traction are poor.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, at."
],
"id": "en-drive_at-en-verb-I~-kXEIZ",
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"word": "get at"
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"English phrasal verbs",
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},
{
"form": "driving at",
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"participle",
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]
},
{
"form": "drove at",
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},
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"text": "Do you see what I'm driving at?",
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],
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"(transitive) To mean, signify; to get at, to aim or tend to a point."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Drive at a reduced speed when visibility and traction are poor.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, at."
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
"word": "auf etwas hinauswollen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
"word": "céloz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
"word": "utal"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
"word": "gondol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
"word": "akar mondani"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
"word": "akar kilyukadni …-ra/-re"
}
],
"word": "drive at"
}
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