: designed to allow patrons or customers to be served while remaining in their automobiles
a drive-up window
Examples of drive-up in a Sentence
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The free drive-up event is open to all Lake County residents, but proof of residency is required.
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Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
During the coronavirus pandemic it was turned into a drive-up event.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 24 June 2025
The park offers drive-up sites, walk-in tent sites and primitive hike-in sites.
—Dalia Faheid, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 June 2025
Most drive-up campsites will provide a picnic table and firepit and sell firewood on site.
—Jessie Beck, AFAR Media, 13 May 2025
Other businesses such as banks and pharmacies are not affected by the prohibition, and Carlsbad has several with drive-up service.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2025
The shutdown of the Keystone pipeline could soon drive-up gasoline prices across the Midwest, according to Ramanan Krishnamoorti, vice president for energy and innovation at the University of Houston.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
These factors further drive-up building costs and limit the availability of affordable housing.
—Oweesta, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
His team did create a drive-up testing site at a county events building next to the city park, and not far from the Masonic lodge.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2025
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Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
During the coronavirus pandemic it was turned into a drive-up event.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 24 June 2025
The park offers drive-up sites, walk-in tent sites and primitive hike-in sites.
—Dalia Faheid, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 June 2025
Most drive-up campsites will provide a picnic table and firepit and sell firewood on site.
—Jessie Beck, AFAR Media, 13 May 2025
Other businesses such as banks and pharmacies are not affected by the prohibition, and Carlsbad has several with drive-up service.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2025
The shutdown of the Keystone pipeline could soon drive-up gasoline prices across the Midwest, according to Ramanan Krishnamoorti, vice president for energy and innovation at the University of Houston.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
These factors further drive-up building costs and limit the availability of affordable housing.
—Oweesta, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
His team did create a drive-up testing site at a county events building next to the city park, and not far from the Masonic lodge.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Drive-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive-up. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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