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"To cause someone to become insane."
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"(informal, literal) To cause someone to become insane."
],
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"_dis1": "63 15 22",
"word": "drive someone mad"
},
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"_dis1": "63 15 22",
"word": "drive someone nuts"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 15 22",
"word": "drive someone up the wall"
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"word": "drive to distraction"
}
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"ref": "2007, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, page 110",
"text": "Jesse Helms, the Republican from North Carolina, drove me crazy at first.",
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"To annoy or irritate."
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"(informal, idiomatic) To annoy or irritate."
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "annoy",
"word": "az őrületbe kerget"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 92 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "annoy",
"word": "enlouquecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 92 4",
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"sense": "annoy",
"word": "deixar louco"
},
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"_dis1": "4 92 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "annoy",
"word": "rayarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 92 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "annoy",
"word": "volver loco"
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"word": "enloquecer"
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"word": "traer de cabeza"
},
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"sense": "annoy",
"word": "llevar loco"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 92 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "annoy",
"word": "driva någon till vansinne"
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"ref": "1977, Ted Ashford (lyrics and music), “Don't It Drive You Crazy”, in Having A Party, performed by Pointer Sisters",
"text": "Dance for you / Don't it drive you crazy baby?",
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"To cause to be infatuated."
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"(informal, idiomatic) To cause to be infatuated."
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"_dis1": "49 1 50",
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"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "embogir"
},
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"_dis1": "49 1 50",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "frenezigi"
},
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"_dis1": "49 1 50",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "treiben zum Wahnsinn"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 1 50",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "verrückt machen"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ekmaínō",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "ἐκμαίνω"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "שִׁגֵּעַ"
},
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"_dis1": "49 1 50",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "tresalir"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 1 50",
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "enlokeser"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 1 50",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "dēmentō"
},
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"_dis1": "49 1 50",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "enlouquecer"
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"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "alocar"
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"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "rayarse"
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"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "driva någon till vansinne"
},
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"_dis1": "49 1 50",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "çıldırtmak"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zvodyty z rozumu",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"tags": [
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"word": "зводити з розуму"
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"sense": "cause insanity",
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"word": "drive someone crazy"
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"To cause someone to become insane."
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"(informal, literal) To cause someone to become insane."
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"To annoy or irritate."
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"(informal, idiomatic) To annoy or irritate."
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"text": "Dance for you / Don't it drive you crazy baby?",
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}
],
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"To cause to be infatuated."
],
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"(informal, idiomatic) To cause to be infatuated."
],
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"word": "drive someone insane"
},
{
"word": "drive someone mad"
},
{
"word": "drive someone nuts"
},
{
"word": "drive someone up the wall"
},
{
"word": "drive to distraction"
}
],
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "embogir"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "frenezigi"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "treiben zum Wahnsinn"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "verrückt machen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ekmaínō",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "ἐκμαίνω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "שִׁגֵּעַ"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "tresalir"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "enlokeser"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "dēmentō"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "enlouquecer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "alocar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "enloquecer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "rayarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "driva någon till vansinne"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"word": "çıldırtmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zvodyty z rozumu",
"sense": "cause insanity",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зводити з розуму"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "zvesty z rozumu",
"sense": "cause insanity",
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"word": "звести з розуму"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "annoy",
"word": "az őrületbe kerget"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "annoy",
"word": "enlouquecer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "annoy",
"word": "deixar louco"
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "rayarse"
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{
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "annoy",
"word": "volver loco"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "annoy",
"word": "enloquecer"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "annoy",
"word": "traer de cabeza"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "annoy",
"word": "llevar loco"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "annoy",
"word": "driva någon till vansinne"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cause to be infatuated",
"word": "enloquecer"
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"word": "drive someone crazy"
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