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drive someone up the wall

drive someone up the wall verb: to make a person very angry or frustrated; to infuriate.

Verb

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.
    • Her persistent nagging and constant bickering with me nearly drove me up the wall.
    • There is nothing and no one that's going to shut him up. That's what makes [Chris] Tucker funny. It's also what can drive you up the wall about him.1998 September 18, Charles Taylor, “Hong Kong Hollywood”, in Salon, archived from the original on 06 May 2008

drive someone up the wall meaning in Bengali

drive someone up the wall in Bengali

ক্ষিপ্ত করা

Forms of drive someone up the wall

third-person singular presentdrives someone up the wall
present participledriving someone up the wall
pastdrove someone up the wall
past participledriven someone up the wall

Questions about drive someone up the wall

What does drive someone up the wall mean?
Drive someone up the wall means to make a person very angry or frustrated; to infuriate.
What is drive someone up the wall in Bengali?
Drive someone up the wall in Bengali is ক্ষিপ্ত করা. See Drive someone up the wall meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is drive someone up the wall?
Drive someone up the wall is a verb.
What is the past tense of drive someone up the wall?
The past tense of drive someone up the wall is drove someone up the wall.

Words near drive someone up the wall in the dictionary

  1. drive someone insane
  2. drive someone mad
  3. drive someone nuts
  4. drive someone to drink
  5. drive someone to the wall
  6. drive someone up the wall
  7. drive stick
  8. drive the porcelain bus
  9. drive through
  10. drive thru
  11. drive thrus

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