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Idiom

drive someone crazy

Meaning

To annoy or irritate.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“That loud music is starting to drive me crazy.”

“The constant clicking of his pen during the meeting was beginning to drive everyone crazy.”

“The persistent uncertainty regarding the project's future began to drive the team crazy, leading them to demand immediate answers from management.”

Examples

simple

“That loud music is starting to drive me crazy.”

contextual

“The constant clicking of his pen during the meeting was beginning to drive everyone crazy.”

complex

“The persistent uncertainty regarding the project's future began to drive the team crazy, leading them to demand immediate answers from management.”

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