drive someone up the wall
To make a person very angry or frustratedTo make a person very angry or frustrated; to infuriate.
» We were driven to the wall.
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1 senses(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.
jemanden auf die Palme bringen
доводи́ть до бе́шенстваdovodítʹ do béšenstva, довести́ до бе́шенстваdovestí do béšenstva
дово́дити до ска́зуdovódyty do skázu, довести́ до ска́зуdovestý do skázu
Examples
17 sentencesWe were driven to the wall.
She drives everybody up the wall.
ruОна всех приводит в ярость. — sharptoothed
Tom drives everybody up the wall.
Tom drives Mary up the wall.
ruТом бесит Мэри. — odexed
deTom treibt Mary zur Weißglut. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
That would drive me up a wall.
Translations
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Forms
drives someone up the wall, driving someone up the wall, drove someone up the wall, driven someone up the wall| Base form | drive someone up the wall · to drive someone up the wall |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | drives someone up the wall |
| Present participle | driving someone up the wall |
| Past simple | drove someone up the wall |
| Past participle | driven someone up the wall |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | drive someone up the wall |
| he, she, it | drives someone up the wall |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | drove someone up the wall |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have driven someone up the wall |
| he, she, it | has driven someone up the wall |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will drive someone up the wall |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.