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Driven by, obsessed with, as in He was possessed by the idea of becoming a millionaire . This idiom employs possess in the sense of “dominate one's thoughts or ideas,” a usage dating from the late 1500s.

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April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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possessed possession

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