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Drive Up

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What does Drive Up mean?

verb

  1. (informal) To cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to increase.
  2. (informal) To drive to a location that is north of one's current location.

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While the church was filling, Emil Bergson waited outside, watching the wagons and buggies drive up the hill.
Willa CatherO Pioneers!Project Gutenberg ebook #24
Thirdly, by rockets, which, going off successively, would drive up the balloon by the force of projection.
Fulgence MarionWonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies A History of Balloons and Balloon VoyagesProject Gutenberg ebook #899
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We did not drive up to the door but got down near the gate of the avenue.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Hound of the BaskervillesProject Gutenberg ebook #3070
Not wishing to drive up to the door of his private house, we alighted at the log-hut which represented the inn.
Samuel White, Sir BakerWild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #3657
He neither moved nor spoke, and waving her hand to him in utmost friendliness she signified to the flyman to drive up the street.
Thomas HardyThe Mayor of CasterbridgeProject Gutenberg ebook #143