Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drove a nail in someone's coffin

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

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

Meaning

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What does drove a nail in someone's coffin mean?
simple past of drive a nail in someone's coffin

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