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drive at something

to be making a point; to be hinting at something; to work up to making a point. What are you driving at? What's the point? I could tell Mary was driving at something, but I didn't know what it was.

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By itself this sufficiently illustrates the obvious fact I drive at. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context More results

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