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drove a nail in someone's coffin

drove a nail in someone's coffin is the simple past 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 drove a nail in someone's coffin

What is drove a nail in someone's coffin the simple past of?
Drove a nail in someone's coffin is the simple past of drive a nail in someone's coffin.

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

  1. drouthy
  2. drove
  3. drove a coach and horses through
  4. drove a coach and six through
  5. drove a hard bargain
  6. drove a nail in someone's coffin
  7. drove a nail where it would go
  8. drove a stake through its heart
  9. drove a wedge
  10. drove a wedge between
  11. drove at

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