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drove someone to the wall

drove someone to the wall is the simple past 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 drove someone to the wall

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

Words near drove someone to the wall in the dictionary

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

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