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driven to drink

driven to drink is the past participle of drive to drink.

Meaning of drive to drink

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, drink.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) Synonym of drive someone crazy.

Questions about driven to drink

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

Words near driven to drink in the dictionary

  1. driven something down
  2. driven something into the ground
  3. driven stick
  4. driven the porcelain bus
  5. driven to distraction
  6. driven to drink
  7. driven truck
  8. driven up
  9. drivenness
  10. driveoff
  11. driveoffs

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