单词 | to drive near |
释义 | > as lemmasto drive (a person) near b. to drive (a person) near: to force into some difficulty or extremity. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty > reduce to straits enstraita1500 plungea1513 to put or drive to a (or the) shift or shifts1553 to put (one) to (upon) his trump or trumps1559 to drive (a person) near1594 to put, drive, reduce, etc. to the last shiftsa1604 to be hard (also sorely, etc.) put to ita1616 press1672 pinch1693 push1761 1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido i. i See, what strange arts necessity finds out! How near, my sweet Æneas, art thou driven! < as lemmas |
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