English Dictionary

let drive

verb

(idiomatic, obsolete) To aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack; to shoot (an arrow or firearm). / (obsolete, nautical) To allow (a vessel) to be propelled by the wind, current or tide.

Let's go for a drive.

意味（1）

(idiomatic, obsolete) To aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack; to shoot (an arrow or firearm).

Four rogues in buckram let drive at me

意味（2）

(obsolete, nautical) To allow (a vessel) to be propelled by the wind, current or tide.

And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive.