drive a price up

drive a/the/(something's) price up

To cause the price of something to increase. Having this fancy new restaurant in our neighborhood should drive all of our house prices up.
See also: drive, price, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

drive a price up

 and force something up
to force the price of something upwards. Someone is buying a lot of gold and driving the price up. They are driving up the price.
See also: drive, price, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • drive a/the/(something's) price up
  • drive over
  • drive down
  • drive around
  • drove
  • drive safely
  • drive somebody to drink
  • drive to drink
  • drive (one) to drink
  • drive home