"drive someone up the wall" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-drive someone up the wall.ogg Forms: drives someone up the wall [present, singular, third-person], driving someone up the wall [participle, present], drove someone up the wall [past], driven someone up the wall [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|drive<,,drove,driven> someone up the wall}} drive someone up the wall (third-person singular simple present drives someone up the wall, present participle driving someone up the wall, simple past drove someone up the wall, past participle driven someone up the wall)
  1. (idiomatic) To make a person very angry or frustrated; to infuriate. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Anger Related terms: drive someone crazy, drive someone to the wall Translations (Translations): fer sortir de polleguera (Catalan), zatlačit někoho ke zdi (Czech), tehdä joku hulluksi (Finnish), käydä jonkun hermoille (Finnish), jemanden auf die Palme bringen (German), доводи́ть до бе́шенства (dovodítʹ do béšenstva) [imperfective] (Russian), довести́ до бе́шенства (dovestí do béšenstva) [perfective] (Russian), sacar de sus casillas (Spanish), дово́дити до ска́зу (dovódyty do skázu) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), довести́ до ска́зу (dovestý do skázu) [perfective] (Ukrainian)

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