drive someone crazy

drive someone crazy verb: to annoy or irritate.

Verb

drive someone crazy (third-person singular simple present drives someone crazy, present participle driving someone crazy, simple past drove someone crazy, past participle driven someone crazy)

(idiomatic, informal) To annoy or irritate.
- Jesse Helms, the Republican from North Carolina, drove me crazy at first.2007, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, page 110
Synonyms:

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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, crazy.

Synonyms:

drive someone insane, drive someone mad, drive someone nuts, drive someone up the wall, drive to distraction
(idiomatic, informal) To cause to be infatuated.
- Dance for you / Don't it drive you crazy baby?1977, Ted Ashford, “Don't It Drive You Crazy”, in Having A Party, performed by Pointer Sisters

third-person singular present	drives someone crazy
present participle	driving someone crazy
past	drove someone crazy
past participle	driven someone crazy

What does drive someone crazy mean?: Drive someone crazy means to annoy or irritate.
What part of speech is drive someone crazy?: Drive someone crazy is a verb.
What is the past tense of drive someone crazy?: The past tense of drive someone crazy is drove someone crazy.

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