drive someone to drink

English

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 or (archaic) drave someone to drink or (dialectal) driv someone to drink, past participle driven someone to drink or (dialectal) druv someone to drink or (dialectal) drove someone to drink)

  1. (intransitive, figurative, idiomatic) To cause someone to drink lots of alcohol, as an escape from frustration.[1][2]
    Synonym: drive to drink

References

  1. ^ “drive someone to drink, v.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ “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., 2003–2025, retrieved 2025-08-12.
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