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drove someone to drink

drove someone to drink is the simple past of drive someone to drink.

drove someone to drink is the past participle of drive someone to drink.

Meaning of drive someone to drink

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic, intransitive) To cause someone to drink lots of alcohol, as an escape from frustration.
    Synonyms:
    drive to drink

Questions about drove someone to drink

What is drove someone to drink the simple past of?
Drove someone to drink is the simple past of drive someone to drink.

Words near drove someone to drink in the dictionary

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

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