drive in


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Verb1.drive in - cause a run or runner to be scored; "His line double drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run"
baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
2.drive in - arrive by motorcar; "The star and her manager drive in today from their motor tour across the country"
arrive, come, get - reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
3.drive in - cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion; "drive in screws or bolts"
screw
revolve, rotate, go around - turn on or around an axis or a center; "The Earth revolves around the Sun"; "The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire"
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Translations

w>drive in

vi (car, person) → (hinein)fahren; he drove into the garage → er fuhr in die Garage
vt sep nail → (hin)einschlagen, (hin)einhämmern; screw → (r)eindrehen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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