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Term: Drive By

Part of Speech: Noun, Verb

Sense 1: (Noun) An act of shooting at someone or something while quickly passing by in a vehicle.

Example Sentence: The drive-by shooting last night left three people injured.

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Sense 2: (Noun) An instance of making a quick visit or observation of a place or person.

Example Sentence: We did a quick drive-by of the office to check if anyone was still working.

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Sense 3: (Verb) To shoot at someone or something while quickly passing by in a vehicle.

Example Sentence: The gang drove by and drive-by'd the rival's house.

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Sense 4: (Verb) To make a quick visit or observation of a place or person.

Example Sentence: We didn't have time to stop, so we just drive by the museum.

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