1. Home
2. Idioms
3. drive at

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.

See also: drive

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.

See also: drive

drive at

v.

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.

See also: drive