HARD DRIVING

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Hi.I would like to know the exact meaning of this "hard driving" I have read here:'But I was glad to play with him again because he was always an inventive, HARD DRIVING, imaginative musician.'I don't understand very well what it refers to.Thanks in advance, Jo.

J Lewis · Accepted Answer

If he is hard driving, it means he pushes hard, he's energetic. Nothing to do with driving cars! You could use a hyphen: hard-driving.

Schetin · Answer

Uh-uhm, "He has a hard drive in him".

Cheers,

Slava

Marius Hancu · Answer

unrelenting, intense, extreme

Jrdavis · Answer

You can't say "He has a hard drive in him" unless you are referring to a cyborg, someone with a

hard drive implanted in to his body.

You can say "He is driven" or "He is a driven man" (he is very dedicated and determined, perhaps obsessed).

Or perhaps you were joking?

Marius Hancu · Answer

JrdavisYou can't say "He has a hard drive in him" unless you are referring to a cyborg, someone with a hard drive implanted in to his body.

You can say "He is driven" or "He is a driven man" (he is very dedicated and determined, perhaps obsessed).

Or perhaps you were joking?

I agree, but one can find this in the New York Times:

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http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F0061FFE3C5C0C768CDDAB0994DB494D81

... passion and obsessive drive in him," the director said ...http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F0061FFE3C5C0C768CDDAB0994DB494D81&showabstract=1

December 5, 1993 - By CELIA DUGGER (NYT)
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One could imagine replacing "obsessive" with "hard" in this context

Schetin · Answer

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