drive a nail in someone's coffin (English, verb)
expansion: drive a nail in someone's coffin (third-person singular simple present drives a nail in someone's coffin, present participle driving a nail in someone's coffin, simple past drove a nail in someone's coffin, past participle driven a nail in someone's coffin)
Senses:
glosses: To do something tending to hasten someone's death or ruin.
Forms:
form: drives a nail in someone's coffin
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: driving a nail in someone's coffin
tags: participle
present
form: drove a nail in someone's coffin
tags: past
form: driven a nail in someone's coffin
tags: participle
past
form: drive a nail into someone's coffin
tags: alternative