drive up

verb

To cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to increase.

Opposite
drive down
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Meanings

verbdrive up (third-person singular simple present drives up, present participle driving up, simple past drove up, past participle driven up)

present singular third person drives up · participle present driving up · past drove up · participle past driven up

  1. idiomaticinformalTo cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to increase.

    Antonyms: drive down

  2. idiomaticinformalTo drive to a location that is north of one's current location.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to increase.

Opposite
drive down
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drive up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drive%20up.

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