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drives someone up the wall

drives someone up the wall is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 drives someone up the wall

What is drives someone up the wall the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Drives someone up the wall is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drive someone up the wall.

Words near drives someone up the wall in the dictionary

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

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