drive in

Questions about drive in

What does drive in mean?

drive in means "cause a run or runner to be scored". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for drive in?

Close synonyms include screw. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drive in a common word?

drive in is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.