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one nail drives out another

one nail drives out another proverb: new people, things, or customs eventually supplant older ones.

Proverb

one nail drives out another

  1. New people, things, or customs eventually supplant older ones.

Questions about one nail drives out another

What does one nail drives out another mean?
One nail drives out another means new people, things, or customs eventually supplant older ones.
What part of speech is one nail drives out another?
One nail drives out another is a proverb.

Words near one nail drives out another in the dictionary

  1. one moment, please
  2. one more again
  3. one more time
  4. one more time for the sweet souvenir
  5. one must give to get
  6. one nail drives out another
  7. one nation
  8. one nationer
  9. one nationers
  10. one night with Venus, a lifetime with Mercury
  11. one ninth

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