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drives a nail in someone's coffin

drives a nail in someone's coffin is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drive a nail in someone's coffin.

Meaning of drive a nail in someone's coffin

Verb

drive a nail in someone's coffin (third-person singular simple present drives a nail in someone's coffin, present participle driving a nail in someone's coffin, simple past drove a nail in someone's coffin, past participle driven a nail in someone's coffin)

  1. To do something tending to hasten someone's death or ruin.

Questions about drives a nail in someone's coffin

What is drives a nail in someone's coffin the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Drives a nail in someone's coffin is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drive a nail in someone's coffin.

Words near drives a nail in someone's coffin in the dictionary

  1. driverships
  2. driverside
  3. drives
  4. drives a coach and horses through
  5. drives a coach and six through
  6. drives a nail in someone's coffin
  7. drives a nail where it will go
  8. drives a stake through its heart
  9. drives a wedge
  10. drives a wedge between
  11. drives at

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