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drives to distraction

drives to distraction is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drive to distraction.

Meaning of drive to distraction

Verb

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

  1. (excessive, transitive) To annoy (someone) so much that they cannot concentrate.
    • "[…]pray do this for us—pray do not drive to distraction a man who has loved you so well."1855 January 5, Anthony Trollope, The Warden, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    drive crazy, drive round the bend, drive up the wall

Questions about drives to distraction

What is drives to distraction the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Drives to distraction is the third-person singular simple present indicative of drive to distraction.

Words near drives to distraction in the dictionary

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

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