drive at

English

Verb

drive at

1. (transitive) To mean, signify; to get at, to aim or tend to a point.

   Do you see what I'm driving at?

   • South

     Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at.

Translations

to mean, signify; to aim or tend to a point

• German: auf etwas hinauswollen
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: céloz (hu), utal (hu), gondol (hu), akar mondani, akar kilyukadni …-ra/-re

Synonyms

• get at

Anagrams

• dravite, tardive