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drove someone crazy

drove someone crazy is the simple past 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 drove someone crazy

What is drove someone crazy the simple past of?
Drove someone crazy is the simple past of drive someone crazy.

Words near drove someone crazy in the dictionary

  1. drove off
  2. drove one's pigs to market
  3. drove out
  4. drove road
  5. drove roads
  6. drove someone crazy
  7. drove someone insane
  8. drove someone mad
  9. drove someone nuts
  10. drove someone to drink
  11. drove someone to the wall

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