“drive (someone)”

The following 7 entries include the term drive (someone).

drive (someone) bananas

idiomatic phrase

: to make (someone) very irritated, angry, or annoyed

drive (someone) nuts

idiomatic phrase

: to make (someone) very irritated, angry, or annoyed

drive (someone) up the wall

idiomatic phrase

: to make (someone) very irritated, angry, or annoyed

drive (someone) mad

idiom

: to cause (someone) to become mentally ill

drive (someone) to an early grave

idiom

: to cause someone to die when fairly young

drive someone to drink

idiom

: to cause someone to drink lots of alcohol

drive someone wild

idiom

: to cause someone to be sexually excited


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