Off course, into submission
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1) When a car drives through a steep bend and cuts the outside lane, can I say that it almost got ‘thrown off course’? It’s like when a car almost goes out of bounds when speeding through a hairpin bend or a part of the road where the car might be difficult to navigate.
2) Can I use ‘tire somebody out into submission’?
For instance:”I no longer pester my brother about cleaning up his room. His never-ending disregard of what I was saying just tired me out into submission.” I basically gave up caring about it.
Thank you.
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1) When a car drives through a steep bend and cuts the outside lane, can I say that it almost got ‘thrown off course’? No. It’s like when a car almost goes out of bounds when speeding through a hairpin bend or a part of the road where the car might be difficult to navigate.
- 1) When a car drives through a steep bend and cuts the outside lane, can I say that it almost got ‘thrown off course’?
- No.
- It’s like when a car almost goes out of bounds when speeding through a hairpin bend or a part of the road where the car might be difficult to navigate.
- S ay eg The driver almost lost control.
- eg The car almost veered off the road.
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1) When a car drives through a steep bend and cuts the outside lane, can I say that it almost got ‘thrown off course’? No. It’s like when a car almost goes out of bounds when speeding through a hairpin bend or a part of the road where the car might be difficult to navigate.
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eg The driver almost lost control.
eg The car almost veered off the road.
0Ann2252) Can I use ‘tire somebody out into submission’?
You don't need the red part. To wear down is a more likely wording.
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