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to drive a coach and horses through

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  • drive a coach and horses through something — drive a coach and horses through (something) British if someone drives a coach and horses through a rule, an opinion, a plan, or a tradition, they destroy it by doing something against it which it is too weak to prevent. His company drove a coach …   New idioms dictionary

  • drive a coach and horses through — (something) British if someone drives a coach and horses through a rule, an opinion, a plan, or a tradition, they destroy it by doing something against it which it is too weak to prevent. His company drove a coach and horses through employment… …   New idioms dictionary

  • drive a coach and horses through something — british phrase to completely ignore a law or agreement and stop it being effective Thesaurus: to fail to obey a rule, law or commandsynonym obedience and cooperationhyponym Main entry: drive * * * drive a coach and ˈhorses through sth …   Useful english dictionary

  • drive a coach and horses through — (informal) 1. To demolish (an argument, etc) by demonstrating the obvious faults in it 2. To brush aside, ignore completely • • • Main Entry: ↑drive …   Useful english dictionary

  • drive a coach and horses through something — British to completely ignore a law or agreement and stop it being effective …   English dictionary

  • drive — drive1 W1S1 [draıv] v past tense drove [drəuv US drouv] past participle driven [ˈdrıvən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(vehicle)¦ 2¦(make somebody move)¦ 3¦(make somebody do something)¦ 4¦(make somebody/something be in a bad state)¦ 5¦(hit/push something into… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • drive — 1 /draIv/ verb past tense drove, past participle driven / drIvFn/ 1 OPERATE A VEHICLE (I, T) to sit in a car, bus etc and make it travel from one place to another: Do you drive? | She drove the pick up and got our supplies. 2 TRAVEL SOMEWHERE (I …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • drive */*/*/ — I UK [draɪv] / US verb Word forms drive : present tense I/you/we/they drive he/she/it drives present participle driving past tense drove UK [drəʊv] / US [droʊv] past participle driven UK [ˈdrɪv(ə)n] / US 1) [intransitive/transitive] to control a… …   English dictionary

  • Coach Trip (series 1) — Coach Trip ►  First Series (2005) Couples Name Entered …   Wikipedia

  • Right- and left-hand traffic —   countries with right hand traffic …   Wikipedia

  • Mike and the Mad Dog — Mike and the Mad Dog/Mike d Up Mike and the Mad Dog Format Sports radio Starring Mike Francesa …   Wikipedia

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