back up
to make a car go backward
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to make a car go backward
to stop someone from moving their car out of a place
to surround a person or vehicle, so that they cannot move or leave a place
to fasten your seat belt in a car, airplane, etc.
verb
if a group of car owners car-pool, they agree to travel together to work, school, etc., so that only one car is used at a time
to drive past another car that is traveling in the same direction as you and then move in front of it too soon
to start driving in a lower gear
to start driving in a higher gear
verb
to drive a rich and important person around in their car as your job, usually wearing a special uniform
verb
to continue to move in a car or on a bicycle after you have switched off the engine or have stopped pedaling with your legs
to drive past a vehicle and move quickly in front of it in a dangerous way
to suddenly leave a line of traffic and join another one
if a vehicle or driver drives off, the vehicle starts moving and leaves
if a vehicle or driver drives up, the vehicle moves near to a person or place and stops
noun
the act of driving using methods that are intended to use fuel in the most efficient way without wasting any
to put your foot very suddenly and hard on the brake of a vehicle because you want to stop quickly
to press the horn of a car in a determined way
if a vehicle moves off, it starts to move
to suddenly make a car start moving very quickly so that it makes a lot of noise
to take someone who is waiting by the road into your vehicle and take them somewhere
if a vehicle or driver pulls away, they start to move
if a vehicle or driver pulls in somewhere, they stop there
if a vehicle or driver pulls into a place, they stop there
if a vehicle or driver pulls off a road, they stop by the side of it
if a vehicle or driver pulls out, they move onto a road or onto a part of a road where the traffic is moving faster
if a vehicle or driver pulls over, they stop by the side of the road
if a vehicle or driver pulls up, they stop
verb
if you rev an engine, or if it revs, you press the gas pedal with your foot when the vehicle is not moving in order to make the engine operate faster
to stop a vehicle so that a passenger can get out
noun
a way of turning your car around in which you turn and drive to face one side of the road, then drive backward, and then turn and drive in the direction that you came from
to increase the speed of a vehicle by increasing the supply of fuel to the engine
to leave the road that you are traveling along in order to go along another one that leads away from it
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verb
in a car, to accelerate so fast that the wheels spin and smoke comes off the tires
to start using a different gear when you are driving a car or riding a bicycle
to make your car spin in tight circles, especially on ice
to allow another vehicle to go before you when you are driving. The usual American word is yield
to turn left or right when you are driving
to do a u-turn (=in which you turn a vehicle round to face the opposite direction)
if a vehicle holds the road well, it is easy to control, even when you drive fast around curves
if a vehicle or driver jumps the curb, they drive up onto the sidewalk
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