drive up

faire monter, augmenter

Faire augmenter un prix, un nombre ou un taux.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : drive up something (High demand can drive up rents.); drive something up (The shortage drove prices up.)

Synonymes : increase, raise, push up

Contraires : lower, reduce

Expressions courantes : drive up prices, drive up costs, drive something up

monter vers le nord en voiture

Aller en voiture dans un endroit situé plus au nord.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : drive up to somewhere (We drove up to Scotland to visit my aunt.)

Synonymes : drive north

Expressions courantes : drive up north, drive up to Scotland