drive someone up the wall

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drive someone up the wall

verb drive 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.

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Españolsacar de sus casillas
Deutschjemanden auf die Palme bringen
Русскийдоводи́ть до бе́шенства dovodítʹ do béšenstva, довести́ до бе́шенства dovestí do béšenstva

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@misc{drive_someone_up_the_wall_2026,
  title = {drive someone up the wall},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drive%20someone%20up%20the%20wall},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}