drive at

phrase

: to intend to express, convey, or accomplish

couldn't understand what she was driving at

Examples of drive at in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rapp’s boyfriend told an investigator that Medina had driven at a high rate of speed within about a foot of them, prompting him to throw his hands up and yell. — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 19 July 2026

The drive at 13 that went so far right the R&A rules team had not even considered it as a place needing an out-of-bounds ruling before the week. — Justin Ray, New York Times, 18 July 2026

The Steamship Authority said in a statement that a white minivan had driven at a high rate of speed onto the vehicle deck of the M/V Island Home ferry prior to boarding, NBC10 Boston reported. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

Both were driving at the time of the shootings, which extended a fresh wave of criticism over the agency’s enforcement tactics that many condemned earlier this year after the shooting deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Rhymes for drive at

• acrobat
• autocrat
• automat
• bundesrat
• bureaucrat
• butterfat
• caveat
• chemostat
• copycat
• cryostat
• democrat
• diplomat