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driven someone up the wall

driven someone up the wall is the past participle of drive someone up the wall.

Meaning of drive someone up the wall

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.

Questions about driven someone up the wall

What is driven someone up the wall the past participle of?
Driven someone up the wall is the past participle of drive someone up the wall.

Words near driven someone up the wall in the dictionary

  1. driven someone insane
  2. driven someone mad
  3. driven someone nuts
  4. driven someone to drink
  5. driven someone to the wall
  6. driven someone up the wall
  7. driven something down
  8. driven something into the ground
  9. driven stick
  10. driven the porcelain bus
  11. driven to distraction

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