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drive someone to drink

drive someone to drink verb: to cause someone to drink lots of alcohol, as an escape from frustration.

Verb

drive someone to drink (third-person singular simple present drives someone to drink, present participle driving someone to drink, simple past drove someone to drink, past participle driven someone to drink)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic, intransitive) To cause someone to drink lots of alcohol, as an escape from frustration.
    Synonyms:
    drive to drink

Synonyms of drive someone to drink

Forms of drive someone to drink

third-person singular presentdrives someone to drink
present participledriving someone to drink
pastdrove someone to drink
past participledriven someone to drink

Questions about drive someone to drink

What does drive someone to drink mean?
Drive someone to drink means to cause someone to drink lots of alcohol, as an escape from frustration.
What part of speech is drive someone to drink?
Drive someone to drink is a verb.
What is the past tense of drive someone to drink?
The past tense of drive someone to drink is drove someone to drink.

Words near drive someone to drink in the dictionary

  1. drive sheds
  2. drive someone crazy
  3. drive someone insane
  4. drive someone mad
  5. drive someone nuts
  6. drive someone to drink
  7. drive someone to the wall
  8. drive someone up the wall
  9. drive stick
  10. drive the porcelain bus
  11. drive through

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