English Explanatory Dictionary

drive a nail in someone's coffin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To do something tending to hasten someone's death or ruin.

Word forms

drive a nail in someone's coffin drives a nail in someone's coffin driving a nail in someone's coffin drove a nail in someone's coffin driven a nail in someone's coffin drive a nail into someone's coffin

Related words

another nail in one's coffin final nail in the coffin
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