"up the wall" meaning in All languages combined

See up the wall on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: En-au-up the wall.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} up the wall, {{en-PP}} up the wall
  1. (idiomatic) crazy, mad Tags: idiomatic Related terms: up the walls
    Sense id: en-up_the_wall-en-prep_phrase-u~2OnvzU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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