"drive a nail in someone's coffin" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: drives a nail in someone's coffin [present, singular, third-person], 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]
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  1. To do something tending to hasten someone's death or ruin. Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: drive a nail into someone's coffin Related terms: another nail in one's coffin, final nail in the coffin
    Sense id: en-drive_a_nail_in_someone's_coffin-en-verb-cWnulO-j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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