Definition of "drive-up" [drive-up]

• Designed to permit customers to remain in their motor vehicles while being accommodated: a drive-up window at the bank. (adjective)

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• "Pulling out of the drive-up, Ali handed him a bag with a burger, fries, and a soda."
• "She stopped at the drive-up window and filled her purse with a collection of three-ounce bottles of tequila—a little hair of the dog."
• "As I sat in line at the drive-up window, it came to me so suddenly and so simply that I wondered how I had missed it."