drive up

aumentar, hacer subir

Hacer que aumente un precio, una cantidad o una tasa.

En inglés sencillo: You make a price, number, or rate rise.

• Fuel shortages drive up prices.
• The new rules drove up the cost of building homes.
• Will higher demand drive rents up again?

Cómo se usa: drive up something (High demand can drive up rents.); drive something up (The shortage drove prices up.)

Sinónimos: increase, raise, push up

Antónimos: lower, reduce

Expresiones frecuentes: drive up prices, drive up costs, drive something up

conducir hacia el norte

Ir en coche a un lugar situado más al norte.

En inglés sencillo: You travel by car to a place farther north.

• We’ll drive up north tomorrow.
• They drove up from London to Edinburgh last weekend.
• Are you driving up to Manchester for the match?

Cómo se usa: drive up to somewhere (We drove up to Scotland to visit my aunt.)

Sinónimos: drive north

Expresiones frecuentes: drive up north, drive up to Scotland