: 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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In response, the Church improvised to allow people to go to confession with innovative solutions like drive-up confessions. Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024 Others waited hours in the drive-up line that stretched along Thomas Road from 31st Avenue to 53rd Avenue and down to the Interstate 10 exit. Lauren De Young, Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024 At some point, perhaps 2040, corridor residential density may indeed grow and lifestyles evolve to where the entire community becomes indifferent to parking-dependent drive-up traffic as walking and cycling flourish across demographic lines. Jerome Johnson, Twin Cities, 16 May 2024 The Multnomah County Elections building, at 1040 SE Morrison Street, has a walk-up slot and drive-up drop boxes on both SE 11th Avenue and SE Belmont Street. Kale Williams, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024 The drive-up collection box was at the U.S. post office on Seventh Avenue near Indian School Road, according to the Phoenix Fire Department. Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024 The drive-up collection box was at the U.S. post office on North Seventh Avenue near West Indian School Road, according to the Phoenix Fire Department. Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024 The blue, drive-up collection box located on the property of a post office at North 7th Avenue was set on fire around 1:20 a.m. Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024 The latest: Phoenix Fire reported that a drive-up mailbox outside of a post office near Seventh Avenue and Indian School Road containing about 20 mail ballots was set on fire early Thursday morning. Jessica Boehm, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of drive-up was in 1949

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“Drive-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drive-up. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

drive-up

adjective
ˈdrīv-ˌəp
: designed to allow customers to be served while remaining in their automobiles
a bank's drive-up window
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