Misdrive
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To drive badly or wrongly. ambitransitive, rare
"Nightly it blazed, and waved its fiery tail, And made the dreaded Ursa Major quail; Destined but once before her fear to prove, When Phaeton the Solar car misdrove."
Example
More examples"Nightly it blazed, and waved its fiery tail, And made the dreaded Ursa Major quail; Destined but once before her fear to prove, When Phaeton the Solar car misdrove."
Etymology
From mis- + drive.
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