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drive someone up the wall

To make a person very angry or bored; to infuriate.
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Her persistent nagging and constant bickering with me nearly drove me up the wall.
"There is nothing and no one that's going to shut him up. That's what makes Tucker funny. It's also what can drive you up the wall about him." - Salon, 1998

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