I've never used the verb "drive" in any other meaning except for "drive a car". Is it normal to say "He drove his brother to the wall" meaning "He pressed his brother against the wall with force, threatening him"?
Printable View
I've never used the verb "drive" in any other meaning except for "drive a car". Is it normal to say "He drove his brother to the wall" meaning "He pressed his brother against the wall with force, threatening him"?
It's meaning #3 here:
drive
▶verb (past drove; past part. driven)
- 1 operate and control the direction and speed of a motor vehicle.■ convey in a car.
- 2 propel or carry along by force.■ provide the power to operate (a machine).
■ (in ball games) hit or kick (the ball) hard.
■ bore (a tunnel).
- 3 urge or force to move in a specified direction.
- 4 compel to act in a particular way: he was driven by ambition.
(COED)
Rover