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driving someone crazy

driving someone crazy is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about driving someone crazy

What is driving someone crazy the present participle and gerund of?
Driving someone crazy is the present participle and gerund of drive someone crazy.

Words near driving someone crazy in the dictionary

  1. driving schools
  2. driving seat
  3. driving seats
  4. driving shaft
  5. driving shafts
  6. driving someone crazy
  7. driving someone insane
  8. driving someone mad
  9. driving someone nuts
  10. driving someone to drink
  11. driving someone to the wall

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