drive around

drive around

1. To drive one to different places or sights. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is usually used between "drive" and "around." When I visited my dad in Philadelphia, he drove me around and showed me all of the historical sites. I had to drive around my mom to six different stores until she found what she was looking for.
2. To drive through different parts of an area. Our neighborhood was so congested tonight that I had to drive around for half an hour before I found a parking space.
3. To drive aimlessly. Ever since Jack got his license, he spends most of his free time just driving around with his friends.
See also: around, drive
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

drive someone around something

to transport a person in a vehicle on a tour of something or some place. Fred will drive you around the city to see the sights. He spent an hour driving himself around town.
See also: around, drive

drive something around something

 
1. . to steer or propel something around something. Wally drove the small car around the post easily. Please drive your truck around the corner carefully.
2. to go in a vehicle through different parts of a place. He drove his new car around town, hoping everyone would see it. We drove the car around the parade route twice so everyone could get a good look at it.
See also: around, drive
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • drive home
  • drive something home
  • drive/hammer something home
  • drive over
  • drive a price up
  • drive a/the/(something's) price up
  • drive safely
  • drive down
  • steer through
  • steer through (something)
References in periodicals archive
STEP 5: As you drive around, notice how your total brake system performs, and ask yourself these questions:
Brake before you break!
Still on the upside, we don't have to spend money taking children to theme parks, as a drive around our roads can provide an experience like a ride on a roller-coaster.
Letter: Viewpoints - Improve our 'Third World' estate roads
Around 300 people, mainly the elderly and disabled, have permits allowing them to drive around Draycote Water, near Rugby, but the privilege will be withdrawn next April amid fears that walkers and cyclists could get run over.
NO ENTRY; ...if you're a disabled driver - but anglers are welcome
We didn't have any money to waste, so we would drive around the block in downtown Greenville, really slowly, looking for a parking meter that still had some time left on it.
Judson and Rice talk to Baptists
In 1972, aged twenty-four, Stephen Shore got into his car with a 35 mm Rollei camera and began a nearly two-year drive around the country taking pictures of an American culture at an impasse between abundance and ugliness.
Stephen Shore: P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
"Whereas I used to drive around in a junky car, now I drive around in a fancy car.
Ruscha AND L.A
It makes me want to move to L.A., buy a convertible, and drive around town with a sexy muscle cub riding shotgun.
Tunes for gettin' busy
The trip included 100 miles of legendary Highway 1 through Big Sur, the fabled 17-Mile Drive around Monterey and Carmel-by-the-Sea and some serious straight-line highway mileage.
Blur speed: sleek and strong, BMW's 645Ci convertible draws much attention
Less time, however, than the 37-hour drive around Manhattan that was used to launch the real vehicle (finally).
Any color you want, as long as it's orange
Kids still drive around and around this "square" at night, swigging from beer cans in cup coolers.
Ill winds. (The Chemical Plant Next Door)
I would have my board in the trunk, but just go drive around.
The Arto interview: "Nowadays it just seems like really fucking scary every time i go skate". (Arto Saari-Skaten of the Year 2001)
MY new pet hate is those ejits who drive around in huge tank-like jeeps complete with bull bars on the front.
Fiona Ryan's Column: The game's up for jeep talking boys
Toyota loaned us a Prius, its gasoline-electric hybrid car, for a test drive around Miami.
Technolust: We know you have it. Here's the scoop on some of the hot toys for Christmas. (Connection)
Radio engineers with test gear drive around the intended coverage area, identifying spots where customers may have trouble making calls.
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES SOFTWARE IMPROVES CAPACITY AND COVERAGE OF WIRELESS NETS
Truck drivers here have staged a slow drive around the capital to protest the importation of heavy duty trucks by foreign contractors, reports CANA (April 21, 1998).
TRUCKERS STAGE PROTEST DRIVE