drive at

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.

drive at

Mean to do or say, as in I don't understand what he's driving at. Today this idiom, first recorded in 1579, is used mainly with the participle driving.

drive at

To mean to do or say something; have something as a point: I don't understand what you're driving at—just tell me what you mean.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cecilia	sə-SEE-lee-ə (English), sə-SEEL-yə (English), che-CHEE-lyah (Italian), the-THEE-lyah (Spanish), se-SEE-lyah (Latin American Spanish), se-SEEL-yah (Danish, Norwegian), SE-see-lee-ah (Finnish)	English, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, German
Sonnie	SUN-ee	English (Rare)
Aaren	AR-ən, ER-ən	English (Rare)
Barnard	['bɑ:nəd]
Atropos	-	Greek Mythology
Brent	[brent]