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climbed the walls

climbed the walls is the simple past and past participle of climb the walls.

Meaning of climb the walls

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

Questions about climbed the walls

What is climbed the walls the simple past and past participle of?
Climbed the walls is the simple past and past participle of climb the walls.

Words near climbed the walls in the dictionary

  1. climbed
  2. climbed down
  3. climbed into
  4. climbed on the bandwagon
  5. climbed the ladder
  6. climbed the walls
  7. climbed up
  8. climbed up the ladder
  9. climbedst
  10. climber
  11. climber's friend

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