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what someone is driving at

what some·one is driv·ing at
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hwuht, hwot, wuht, wot suhm-wuhn, -wuh n iz drahy-ving at]
    • /ʰwʌt, ʰwɒt, wʌt, wɒt ˈsʌmˌwʌn, -wən ɪz ˈdraɪ vɪŋ æt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hwuht, hwot, wuht, wot suhm-wuhn, -wuh n iz drahy-ving at]
    • /ʰwʌt, ʰwɒt, wʌt, wɒt ˈsʌmˌwʌn, -wən ɪz ˈdraɪ vɪŋ æt/

Definition of what someone is driving at words

  • phrase what someone is driving at If you ask someone what they are driving at, you are asking what they are trying to say or what they are saying indirectly. 0
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Parts of speech for What someone is driving at

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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what someone is driving at popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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