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drive a nail in someone's coffin

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
drive a -nail in -some-one's -cof-fin
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
26
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Inflected Forms

drives a nail in someone's coffin (present, singular) driving a nail in someone's coffin (participle, present) drove a nail in someone's coffin (past) driven a nail in someone's coffin (participle, past) drive a nail into someone's coffin (alternative)

Phrases

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

Frequently Paired Words

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

Questions

What does drive a nail in someone's coffin mean?
To do something tending to hasten someone's death or ruin.

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