Alley and Drive

Alley

Alley noun - A narrow street with walls on both sides.

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Drive and alley are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Drive" instead a noun "Alley".

Nearby Words: alleyway, Allie

Drive noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

Usage example: raced our motorcycles along the drive

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Alley and drive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Alley" instead a noun "Drive".

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

long	long alley	long drive
complete	complete alley	complete drive
single	single alley	single drive
actual	actual alley	actual drive
Other adjectives: entire, little, dark, sexual, capable, new, next, different.

In Transporter 2 a drunk bum is in an alley when he sees the heroes' car drive over him, straddling the buildings on either side of the alley.

Source: No More for Me
The guards drive past, and he proceeds to tear out of the alley, pull up along side them, wink at them, and then take off again.

Source: Blind Alley
They drive past Batman and Commissioner Gordon, who are parked in a police car in an alley, just laughing to themselves and having a good time.

Source: Western Animation / Teen Titans Go!

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