Idiom

Designated driver

What does "Designated driver" mean?

Someone who agrees not to drink alcohol at a social event in order to be sober enough to drive others home.

Designated driver

USA, 1980s

Someone who agrees not to drink alcohol at a social event in order to be sober enough to drive others home.

Worldwide.

  • It really wasn't my turn to be designated driver this week but I was late arriving and by the time I got there all the others were already drunk.