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climb the walls

climb the walls verb: to behave in a distressed or frantic manner; to exhibit great agitation.

Verb

climb the walls (third-person singular simple present climbs the walls, present participle climbing the walls, simple past and past participle climbed the walls)

  1. (idiomatic) To behave in a distressed or frantic manner; to exhibit great agitation.
    • There are purists who climb the walls when German Conductor-Organist-Harpsichordist Karl Richter performs Bach. . . . To them, imagination—and Richter has plenty—is the ultimate transgression.1968 July 5, “Never Like Anyone Else”, in Time
    • The organized pushers went underground to wait out the heat and the addicts started to climb the walls.1970, Wally Ferris, Across 110th, page 93

climb the walls meaning in Bengali

climb the walls in Bengali

বিপর্যস্ত, উন্মত্তর মতো আচরণ করা, প্রচণ্ড উত্তেজনা প্রদর্শন করা

Forms of climb the walls

third-person singular presentclimbs the walls
present participleclimbing the walls
past participleclimbed the walls
pastclimbed the walls

Questions about climb the walls

What does climb the walls mean?
Climb the walls means to behave in a distressed or frantic manner; to exhibit great agitation.
What is climb the walls in Bengali?
Climb the walls in Bengali is বিপর্যস্ত, উন্মত্তর মতো আচরণ করা, প্রচণ্ড উত্তেজনা প্রদর্শন করা. See Climb the walls meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is climb the walls?
Climb the walls is a verb.
What is the past tense of climb the walls?
The past tense of climb the walls is climbed the walls.

Words near climb the walls in the dictionary

  1. climb into
  2. climb on the bandwagon
  3. climb rate
  4. climb rates
  5. climb the ladder
  6. climb the walls
  7. climb up
  8. climb up one's thumb
  9. climb up the ladder
  10. climb-down
  11. climb-downs

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