Drive and Shift

Drive

Drive verb - To urge, push, or force onward.

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Shift and drive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shift" instead the word "Drive" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: driving, driven, driver, driveway

Shift verb - To change the place or position of.

Usage example: he shifted the vase closer to the wall so that it wouldn't get knocked over

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Drive and shift are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drive" instead the word "Shift" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: shifting, shifted, shifty, shiftiness, shifter

long	long drive	long shift
similar	similar drive	similar shift
complete	complete drive	complete shift
single	single drive	single shift
Other adjectives: actual, entire, constant, big, slow, main, new, experimental, major, final, next, last, different.

Anyone who's learned to drive stick shift after first learning to drive on an automatic knows this trope intimately.

Source: Centipede's Dilemma
And people who drive stick and shift to automatics have to remember that they don't have to use their left foot.

Source: Centipede's Dilemma
Conklin claims that he can't drive Miss Brooks' pre-World War II car, because of the unfamiliar gear shift system described above.

Source: Driving Stick

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