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drive someone up the wall

idiom

To make a person very angry or frustrated; to infuriate.


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  1. 01

    as if someone owns the place

    Alternative form of like someone owns the place.

  2. 02

    back to the wall

    A very difficult situation with no beneficial options available for action.

  3. 03

    balls to the wall

    With maximum effort or commitment.

  4. 04

    bang one's head against a brick wall

    To waste effort on a futile project.

  5. 05

    beat someone round the ears

    To beat (a person) with blows about the head.

  6. 06

    bless someone with

    To give or bestow, as a gift from God.

  7. 07

    blue wall of silence

    Strict secretiveness maintained by the members of a police force with respect to information which might be contrary to their interests, especially information concerning questionable police actions.

  8. 08

    break the fourth wall

    To apparently communicate with reality directly, such as when characters of literature comment on the existence of a reader.

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