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drives someone to the wall

drives someone to the wall is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Drives someone to the wall is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drive someone to the wall.

Words near drives someone to the wall in the dictionary

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

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