drive (someone) to an early grave

:  to frighten or prod (game, cattle, etc.) into moving in a desired direction

:  to go through (an area) driving game animals

:  to carry on or through energetically

:  an act of driving:

:  a trip in a carriage or automobile

:  an instance of collecting and moving animals (such as game or cattle) together in a desired direction

:  some person :  somebody

:  near the beginning of a period of time

:  near the beginning of a course, process, or series

:  before the usual or expected time

:  of, relating to, or occurring near the beginning of a period of time, a development, or a series

:  distant in past time

:  primitive

:  dig, excavate

:  to carve or shape with a chisel :  sculpture

:  to carve or cut (something, such as letters or figures) into a hard surface :  engrave

:  an excavation (see excavation 2) for burial of a body

:  a burial place

:  death

:  to clean and pay with pitch

:  authoritative, weighty

:  meriting serious consideration :  important

:  likely to produce great harm or danger

:  a grave accent ` used to show that a vowel is pronounced with a fall of pitch (as in ancient Greek), that a vowel has a certain quality (such as è in French), that a final e is stressed and close and that a final o is stressed and low (as in Italian), that a syllable has a degree of stress between maximum and minimum (as in phonetic transcription), or that the e of the English ending -ed is to be pronounced (as in “this cursèd day”)