Meaning of drive someone to the wall | Babel Free

Definitions

To push someone to extremities.

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Examples

“Then we had some further conversation and I drove him to the wall, as I always did in conversation; that is, I rather attacked him; I did attack him.”

“The new pupil did not appreciate the rough handling, and, well, he did not exactly lose his temper, but at any rate he attacked suddenly and furiously, and so surprised his teacher that he drove him to the wall.”

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