drive a nail where it will go (English, verb)
expansion: drive a nail where it will go (third-person singular simple present drives a nail where it will go, present participle driving a nail where it will go, simple past drove a nail where it would go, past participle driven a nail where it would go)
Senses:
glosses: To take a pragmatic or expedient approach, rather than the ideal.
tags: archaic
Forms:
form: drives a nail where it will go
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: driving a nail where it will go
tags: participle
present
form: drove a nail where it would go
tags: past
form: driven a nail where it would go
tags: participle
past