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DESIGNATED DRIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does designated driver mean? 

DESIGNATED DRIVER (noun)
  The noun DESIGNATED DRIVER has 1 sense:

1. the member of a party who is designated to refrain from alcohol and so is sober when it is time to drive homeplay

  Familiarity information: DESIGNATED DRIVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DESIGNATED DRIVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The member of a party who is designated to refrain from alcohol and so is sober when it is time to drive home

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("designated driver" is a kind of...):

driver (the operator of a motor vehicle)


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