drive to drink

drive someone to drink

Fig. [for someone or something] to cause someone to turn to alcohol as an escape from frustration. Being a Cubs fan is enough to drive you to drink. She was driven to drink by the problems she had with her teenage son.

See also: drink, drive

drive somebody to drink

to make someone regularly drink a lot of alcohol The death of a spouse can be enough to drive some people to drink.

See also: drink, drive

drive somebody to drink

(humorous)

to make someone extremely anxious and unhappy I just couldn't live with someone like Malcolm. It would drive me to drink.

See also: drink, drive

drive to drink

see under drive crazy.

See also: drink, drive

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Snorre	-	Norwegian
Almon	['ælmən]
Alejo	ah-LE-kho	Spanish
Anton	AHN-tawn (German), ahn-TON (Russian, Ukrainian), AHN-ton (Finnish)	German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Macedo
Kortney	KORT-nee	English (Modern)
Danilo	-	Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian