to drive while you are drunk► drink and drive an expression meaning to drive after you have been drinking alcohol, used especially in warnings about the dangers of doing this: · Val's not the kind of person who would drink and drive.· I don't care if people who drink and drive kill themselves - what worries me is that they might kill someone else.
► drink driving British /drunk/drunken driving American the act of driving while under the influence of alcohol: · Drink driving causes over 800 deaths a year on the roads.· He was convicted of drunk driving and had his license suspended.
► be over the limit especially British to have drunk more alcohol than is legal and safe for driving: · He was caught driving over the limit and had to pay a large fine.· In a large proportion of fatal accidents it is found that one driver is over the limit.
► under the influence formal if someone drives under the influence , they drive when they are drunk - used especially by the police and in news reports: · Driving under the influence is a very serious offense.· Witnesses claimed that Jones was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.
► DUI/DWI American the crime of driving while you are drunk: · It was his first DUI offense.· I've never had a DUI or any kind of drugs record.
(driving while intoxicated) the crime of driving when you have had too much alcohol to drink SYN DUI