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I think you mean "drive someone up the wall," which means to make them so frustrated that they are thinking of climbing the walls to escape.

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Ernestina Robel

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What does drive someone up to the wall mean?

It means that you drive them up to a wall in a vehicle. I believe you mean the idiom phrase "drive you up the wall," which means to frustrate you to the point where you feel like climbing up the wall to escape from them.


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It refers to the mindless, scrabbling aversion caused in people by the presence of rats or snakes on the floor of a confined space. Now it just means to irritate and interfere with someone so much that they can't function properly.


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