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drives someone crazy

drives someone crazy is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drive someone crazy.

Meaning of drive someone crazy

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)

  1. (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:
    loco
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, crazy.
  3. (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

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Drives someone crazy is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drive someone crazy.

Words near drives someone crazy in the dictionary

  1. drives into the ground
  2. drives it down
  3. drives off
  4. drives one's pigs to market
  5. drives out
  6. drives someone crazy
  7. drives someone insane
  8. drives someone mad
  9. drives someone nuts
  10. drives someone to drink
  11. drives someone to the wall

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