Collocations for "driver"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "driver" in context.
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driver
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [bus, taxi, race car, truck] driver
- is a [good, terrible, dangerous, student, cautious, learner] driver
- has [his own, a] personal driver
- a professional driver
- a [mule, camel, slave] driver
- ask the driver
- signal to the driver
- got his driver's license
- [learning, studying] to be a train driver
- was the driver's fault (that)
- don't be a back seat driver!
- [climbed, got] into the driver's seat
- have installed [new, updated] drivers
- [should, need to] install the [new] drivers
- a [printer, graphics card, display, mouse, print] driver
- a driver for your [printer]
- reinstall (all of) your drivers
- [a wooden, a carbon fiber, an aluminum] driver
- hit the ball with a driver
- used his driver on hole [9]
- the main driver of [investment, hope, the economy]
- is (sitting) in the driver's seat
- the driver's-side [airbags, seatbelt]
'driver' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cut
- gear
- pass
- rabbit
- speed
- update
- bus
- delivery
- wave
- straight
- stop
- seat
- race
- photo
- odd
- number
- Sunday
- train
- beginning
- drunk
- gone
- slow
- cab
- catalyst
- crane
- donor
- getaway
- lorry
- monster
- rally
- taxi
- truck
- cockpit
- fare
- license
- rage
- signature
- wrath
- nick
- officer
- perch
- rear
- flash
- lousy
- overly
- provisional
- Russian
- savvy
- surrogate
- talkative