up the wall

1. see under drive someone crazy.

Example Sentences

It spikes whenever he’s in Sam’s presence, and drives him up the wall when another figure from his past resurfaces to remind him of his failures.

From Salon

It would drive me up the wall.

From BBC

This is a gimmick that drives deficit hawks up the wall: The spending and tax cuts always begin immediately, while the spending cuts are delayed and—if a future Congress has anything to say about it, as it typically does—often never implemented.

From Slate

“It just drove him up the wall watching the party accept Trump. It absolutely sickened him,” says Barbara Spencer, his widow.

From Los Angeles Times

His friends tied scarves around him, hoisted him up the wall, back into Iran.

From BBC

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