drive at something phrasal verb (see also drive)
what somebody is driving at the thing someone is really trying to say Synonym : get at:
I still couldn’t understand what Toby was driving at.

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drive at
to mean something, to try/want to say something
I could not understand what the other negotiators in the meeting were driving at.

I do not know what the man was driving at in his speech.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

drive at something
to mean something, to try/want to say something
I could not understand what the other negotiators in the meeting were driving at.

I do not know what the man was driving at in his speech.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

drive at
v. To try or want to say; mean.
■ Used in the present participle.
John did not understand what the coach was driving at.
He had been talking for half an hour before anyone realized what he was driving at.

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