drive back on

drive someone back on something

to force someone to tap reserves of something. The hard times drove them back on their life savings. The challenges of being a corporate executive drove her back on all her personal resources.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dardana	dahr-DAHN-ah	Albanian
Nicholson	['nikəlsn]
Gavri'el	-	Biblical Hebrew
Periklis	-	Greek
MÁRcia	-	Portuguese
Hayfa	-	Arabic