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довели

drove (someone to a state), brought (someone to), led, brought

d ə vʲ ɪ lʲ i → довести
до to completion or destination + вел to lead, to conduct, to host + и past plural
verb · plural, past tense Rare #28,016
drove (someone to a state), brought (someone to) Often used to say that someone has pushed another person to an extreme emotional or physical state, as in довести до слёз «drive to tears».
RU: Они довели меня до слёз.
EN: They drove me to tears.
led, brought Can mean leading or bringing someone somewhere, including figuratively.
RU: Они довели нас до станции.
EN: They brought us to the station.
Conjugation of довести
Indicative past
довёлдовелидовела

Вы меня чуть до сердечного приступа не довели.

You nearly gave me a heart attack.

Вы довели сестру до слёз!

You brought your sister to tears!

До чего нас довели!

What have they brought us to!

— Гудбай, Ленин! (2003)

Но я не могла причинить неудобства людям, которые довели меня так далеко!!

But I couldn't inconvenience the people who had brought me this far!!

— Истинная грусть (1998)

Чуть до инфаркта меня не довели!

They almost gave me a heart attack!

— Воспоминания об убийстве (2003)

Вы довели их до слёз.

You brought them to tears.

Мы довели его до слёз.

We brought him to tears.

Довели.

They got it.

— Такси-блюз (1990)

Sounds similar to

завели z ə vʲ ɪ lʲ i