"misdrive" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: misdrives [present, singular, third-person], misdriving [participle, present], misdrove [past], misdriven [participle, past]
Etymology: mis- + drive Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|drive}} mis- + drive Head templates: {{en-verb|misdrives|misdriving|misdrove|misdriven}} misdrive (third-person singular simple present misdrives, present participle misdriving, simple past misdrove, past participle misdriven)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, rare) To drive badly or wrongly. Tags: intransitive, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-misdrive-en-verb-n~hf4Jrq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for misdrive meaning in English (2.0kB)

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