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driving someone to the wall

driving someone to the wall is the present participle and gerund 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 driving someone to the wall

What is driving someone to the wall the present participle and gerund of?
Driving someone to the wall is the present participle and gerund of drive someone to the wall.

Words near driving someone to the wall in the dictionary

  1. driving someone crazy
  2. driving someone insane
  3. driving someone mad
  4. driving someone nuts
  5. driving someone to drink
  6. driving someone to the wall
  7. driving someone up the wall
  8. driving something down
  9. driving something into the ground
  10. driving spirit
  11. driving spirits

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