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driven someone to the wall

driven someone to the wall is the past participle of drive someone to the wall.

Meaning of drive someone to the wall

Verb

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

  1. (dated) To push someone to extremities.
    • Then we had some further conversation and I drove him to the wall, as I always did in conversation; that is, I rather attacked him; I did attack him.1882, Henry H. Alexander, Edward Denison Easton, Report of the Proceedings in the Case of the United States Vs. Charles J. Guiteau, page 497

Questions about driven someone to the wall

What is driven someone to the wall the past participle of?
Driven someone to the wall is the past participle of drive someone to the wall.

Words near driven someone to the wall in the dictionary

  1. driven someone crazy
  2. driven someone insane
  3. driven someone mad
  4. driven someone nuts
  5. driven someone to drink
  6. driven someone to the wall
  7. driven someone up the wall
  8. driven something down
  9. driven something into the ground
  10. driven stick
  11. driven the porcelain bus

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