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Drive In

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Verb

1. drive in

cause a run or runner to be scored

Example Sentences:
'His line double drove in Jim Lemon with the winning run'

2. drive in

arrive by motorcar

Example Sentences:
'The star and her manager drive in today from their motor tour across the country'

3. drive in, screw

cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion

Example Sentences:
'drive in screws or bolts'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Drive In

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adjective
1. 
denoting a public facility or service designed to be used by patrons seated in their cars
a drive-in bank
noun
2. mainly US and Canadian
a cinema designed to be used in such a manner

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Drive In

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1. 
to force in, as by a blow
2.  US, Baseball
to cause (a runner) to score or (a run) to be scored, as by getting a hit
adjective
1. 
designating or of a restaurant, film theater, etc. designed to render its services to persons who drive up and remain seated in their cars
noun
2. 
such a restaurant, theater, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Drive In

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n.
An establishment, especially an outdoor movie theater, designed to permit customers to remain in their motor vehicles while being accommodated.
adj.
Of or being such an establishment: a drive-in restaurant; a drive-in teller.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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