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drive a coach and horses through

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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 legislation. She produced statistics which drove a coach and horses through the chairman's argument.
See also: drive, horse, through


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