LET DRIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does let drive mean? 

• LET DRIVE (verb)
  The verb LET DRIVE has 1 sense:

1. fire as from a gun

  Familiarity information: LET DRIVE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LET DRIVE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fire as from a gun

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

let drive; let fly; loose off

Context example:

The soldiers let drive their bullets

Hypernyms (to "let drive" is one way to...):

discharge; fire (cause to go off)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

I thought he’d let drive at him on the spot.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Up we came to the big Frenchman, took her fire, and scraped the paint off her before we let drive.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)