drive someone to drink
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]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)
- (intransitive, figurative, idiomatic) To cause someone to drink lots of alcohol, as an escape from frustration.[1][2]
- Synonym: drive to drink
References
[edit]- ^ “drive someone to drink, v.”, in Merriam-Webster Online, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1996–present.
- ^ “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.