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Idiom

drive to drink

Meaning

Synonym of drive someone crazy.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“This loud music is driving me to drink.”

“My neighbor's barking dog is driving me to drink every single night.”

“The constant pressure of the project, combined with the impossible deadlines, was slowly driving the entire team to drink.”

Examples

simple

“This loud music is driving me to drink.”

contextual

“My neighbor's barking dog is driving me to drink every single night.”

complex

“The constant pressure of the project, combined with the impossible deadlines, was slowly driving the entire team to drink.”

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