let drive | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,obsolete)To aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack; to shoot (an arrow or firearm).c.1597(date written),William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth,[…]”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene iv]:Four rogues in buckramlet driveat me—1658,Honoré d’Urfé, translated byJohn Davies,Astrea‎[1],Part 3, Book I, p. 213:[…]if ever love had any cause to revenge the wrongs which are done unto him, it is against them they ought tolet driveall the arrows of his justice, and make them exemplary unto all such as abuse the name of Lovers.1687,William Dampier, chapter 9, inA New Voyage Round the World‎[2], volume I, London: James Knapton, page253:While he was drinking, one of our men snatcht up his Gun, andlet driveat him, and kill’d his Horse1720,William Rufus Chetwood,The Voyages, Dangerous Adventures and Imminent Escapes of Captain Richard Falconer, London: for the authoret al., Book III, p. 155,[3]They turn’d immediately upon me, andlet driveat me several Blows, which had the good Fortune not to hit me[…]; (obsolete,nautical)To allow (a vessel) to be propelled by the wind, current or tide.1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Acts27:15:And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, weletherdrive.1625,Nicholas Downton, “Extracts of the Journall of Captaine NICHOLASDOWNTON” inSamuel Purchas,Purchas His Pilgrimes, London: Henry Fetherstone, Book 4, Chapter 11, Section 3, p. ,[4]TheNabobsentLacandasto informe me, that these supplyes were not for warre, but fild full of combustible matter to fire, and so to belet driuewith the tyde vpon our ships in the night[…]1683, chapter 17, in John Morrison, transl.,The Perillous and Most Unhappy Voyages of John Struys‎[5], London: Samuel Smith, page207:Finding that they left us we consulted which way to steer, and resolved tolet drivebefore the Wind.1768,Henry Brooke, chapter 13, inThe Fool of Quality‎[6], volume 3, Dublin: for the author, page169:[…]he ordered our Boats to be heaved overboard andlet drivewith the Wind.1938, L. Ron Hubbard,Six-Gun Caballero:Before Lefty Bill could drop his hammer, the spiggoty had turned around, drawed andlet drive.

Examples:

EN: Four rogues in buckram let drive at me.
ES: Me acorralaron cuatro bandidos con capas oscuras.
EN: But as the devil would have it three misbegotten knaves in green, came at my back and let drive at me.
ES: - Pero como si allí estuviera el diablo, tres de esos bandidos vestidos de paño verde me atacan por la espalda.
EN: My wife, whom i rarely let drive.
ES: Mi mujer, a la cual raramente la permito conducir.
EN: Four rogues in buckram cloaks let drive at me.
ES: Cuatro pillos vestidos de bocací me acometen...
ES: Esos cuatro me vinieron de frente y me atacaron al mismo tiempo.
EN: But, as the devil would have it, three misbegotten knaves in Kendal Green came at my back and let drive at me.
ES: Pero, como si el diablo se mezclara, tres canallas vestidos de paño verde de Kendal, me acometen por la espalda.
ES: Pero, como si el diablo se mezclara tres de esos bandidos vestidos en paño verde de Kendal me acometen por la espalda.
EN: Live and let drive..
TE: " బై లవ్. . డ్రైవ్ సేఫ్.

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