Drive
Drive verb - To urge, push, or force onward.
Jail
Jail verb - To put in or as if in prison.
How words are described
| emotional | emotional drive | emotional jail |
| human | human drive | human jail |
| old | old drive | old jail |
| high | high drive | high jail |
| Other adjectives: pleasant, normal, regular, strong, actual, big, personal, new, maximum, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Elmyra thinks their hideout is a TV studio and her antics drive George and Leonard up the wall, to the point where by the time her younger brother, Duncan, and the police show up, George and Leonard beg for the police to take them to jail.
Source: Prefer Jail to the Protagonist -
When McCoy realizes that the father and son teamed up to drive him into a corner, he decides instead to prosecute the son for a felony, which, according to the "three strikes" rule, would put him in jail for life.
Source: Series / Law & Order - She even made occasional appearances at her grave site and the Mode offices as part of a scheme to drive Bradford Meade insane and/or land him in jail.
Source: Ascended Fanon
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