drive someone crazy en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, informal) To annoy or irritate.
Jesse Helms, the Republican from North Carolina, drove me crazy at first.
2007, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, page 110:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drive, crazy.
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(idiomatic, informal) To cause to be infatuated.
Dance for you / Don't it drive you crazy baby?
1977, Ted Ashford, “Don't It Drive You Crazy”, in Having A Party, performed by Pointer Sisters:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| drove someone crazy | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| drives someone crazy | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| driven someone crazy | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| driving someone crazy | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Synonyms
drive someone nuts · loco · drive to distraction · drive someone mad · drive someone insane · drive someone up the wall
Translations (40)
pl rozkochać (cause to be infatuated) · scn fari siḍḍijari (annoy) · de treiben zum Wahnsinn (cause insanity) · pl doprowadzać do szaleństwa (cause insanity) · es rayarse (cause insanity) · lad tresalir (cause insanity) · he שִׁגֵּעַ (cause insanity) · pt deixar louco (annoy) · pl doprowadzić do szału (annoy) · es rayarse (annoy) · pt enlouquecer (annoy) · pl rozkochiwać (cause to be infatuated) · scn fari scattijari (cause insanity) · es volver loco (annoy) · la dēmentō (cause insanity) · grc ἐκμαίνω (cause insanity) · lad enlokeser (cause insanity) · sv driva någon till vansinne (annoy) · fr affoler (cause insanity) · pl doprowadzić do szaleństwa (cause insanity) · sv driva någon till vansinne (cause insanity) · es enloquecer (cause to be infatuated) · eo frenezigi (cause insanity) · scn siḍḍijari (annoy) · hu az őrületbe kerget (annoy) · pt enlouquecer (cause insanity) · es enloquecer (annoy) · es llevar loco (annoy) · es enloquecer (cause insanity) · de verrückt machen (cause insanity) · uk звести з розуму (cause insanity) · fr rendre fou (cause insanity) · tr çıldırtmak (cause insanity) · pl doprowadzać do szału (annoy) · fr rendre folle (cause insanity) · ca embogir (cause insanity) · scn fari sbintari (cause to be infatuated) · uk зводити з розуму (cause insanity) · es traer de cabeza (annoy) · es alocar (cause insanity)