drive in as a verb: - 1
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drive in
verb
1 drive in
Cause a run or runner to be scored.
Roget 300:
insert;
introduce,
intromit;
put into,
run into;
import;
inject;
interject
etc.
298;
infuse,
instill,
inoculate,
impregnate,
imbue,
imbrue.
graft,
ingraft†,
bud,
plant,
implant;
dovetail.
obtrude;
thrust in,
stick in,
ram in,
stuff in,
tuck in,
press,
in,
drive in,
pop in,
whip in,
drop in,
put in;
impact;
empierce†
etc.
(make a hole)
260†.
imbed;
immerse,
immerge,
merge;
bathe,
soak
etc.
(water)
337;
dip,
plunge
etc.
310.
bury
etc.
(inter)
363.
insert itself,
lodge itself
&c.;
plunge in medias res.
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2 drive in
3 drive in
Cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion:
— Drive in screws or bolts.
synonym: screw.
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