"drive at" meaning in English

See drive at in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: drives at [present, singular, third-person], driving at [participle, present], drove at [past], driven at [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|drive<,,drove,driven> at}} drive at (third-person singular simple present drives at, present participle driving at, simple past drove at, past participle driven at)
  1. (transitive) To mean, signify; to get at, to aim or tend to a point. Tags: transitive Translations (to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point): auf etwas hinauswollen (German), céloz (Hungarian), utal (Hungarian), gondol (Hungarian), akar mondani (Hungarian), akar kilyukadni …-ra/-re (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-drive_at-en-verb-prW0-KU4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "at", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "at": 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point': 99 1
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, at. Synonyms: get at
    Sense id: en-drive_at-en-verb-I~-kXEIZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Do you see what I'm driving at?",
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        "(transitive) To mean, signify; to get at, to aim or tend to a point."
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
      "word": "auf etwas hinauswollen"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
      "word": "céloz"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
      "word": "gondol"
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      "sense": "to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point",
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