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drove someone up the wall

drove someone up the wall is the simple past 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 drove someone up the wall

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

Words near drove someone up the wall in the dictionary

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

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