"drive by" = "drive near"? [closed]
'Drive by' means 'go past'. You might decide the route for your car journey:
We will drive by London on the way to Cornwall.
although it's more idiomatic to say
We will drive to Cornwall via London.
The 'beach' example is more idiomatic:
Let's drive by the beach to take a look at what the surf is like.
In fact drive-by has become an adjective as given by Lexico
drive-by
ADJECTIVE
(of a shooting or other act) carried out from a passing vehicle.
and even a noun
drive-by
NOUN
A shooting carried out from a passing vehicle..