drive to drink

English

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive,‎ drink.
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) Synonym of drive someone crazy.[1]

References

  1. ^ “drive to drink” in McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs, Chicago, Ill.: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2002, →ISBN; reproduced on Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026, retrieved 2025-08-12.
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