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PRONUNCIATION OF DRIVE UP THE WALL

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRIVE UP THE WALL

drive
drive at
drive chain
drive home
drive shaft
drive to the wall
drive-by
drive-by download
drive-by shooting
drive-in
drive-off
drive-through
drive-thru
drive-time
drive-up window
driveability
driveable
drivel
driveler
driveline

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRIVE UP THE WALL

brick wall
cavity wall
cell wall
Chinese wall
climbing wall
curtain wall
drive to the wall
fly on the wall
garden wall
go to the wall
go up the wall
hole in the wall
party wall
perimeter wall
retaining wall
sea wall
video wall
wall
wall to wall
with one´s back to the wall
writing on the wall

Synonyms and antonyms of drive up the wall in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «drive up the wall» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRIVE UP THE WALL

Find out the translation of drive up the wall to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drive up the wall from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drive up the wall» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

哄抬墙
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

conducir hasta la pared
570 millions of speakers

English

drive up the wall
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दीवार ड्राइव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رفع الجدار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подъехать к стене
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dirigir -se à parede
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাচীর চালাও
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

monter le mur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memacu dinding
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fahren,
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

壁を押し上げる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

벽을 구동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyurung tembok
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lái xe lên tường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுவர் ஓட்டவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भिंतीवर चढाई कर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Duvarı kaldırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

salire la parete
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jazdy po ścianie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

під´їхати до стіни
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

conduce în sus pe perete
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανεβάσει τον τοίχο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ry die muur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

köra upp på väggen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjøre opp veggen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drive up the wall

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRIVE UP THE WALL»

The term «drive up the wall» is normally little used and occupies the 118.796 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRIVE UP THE WALL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drive up the wall

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRIVE UP THE WALL»

Discover the use of drive up the wall in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drive up the wall and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Women's Health Big Book of Pilates: The Essential Guide ...
No weight you are propped on your upper back. on neck! c • exhale with control as you roll back down to the starting position, articulating your spine one vertebra at a time. Tight seat reps: Drive up the wall five times, holding at the top for three ...
Brooke Siler, Editors of Women's Health, 2013
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Cassell英语常用词组用法词典
... to bang/ knock/ run one's head against a brick wall M HEAD1 to drive up the wall M DRIVE togivefewanto£#^ftKrttJ&ftA^ ; US® to go to the wall 1. (P] (S&f- BJctfcffr1) *tl* 2. (n)«»sj-£ ; 3. (P) ASfc ; ; Kit (Several other companies have v<«i? to ...
Rosalind Fergusson, 2003
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Macmillan Dictionary for Children
To drive up the wall. To frustrate: This arithmetic problem is driving me up the wall . drive (drlv) verb, drove, driven, driving; noun, plural drives. drive-in A restaurant, movie theater, or bank that can take care of customers in their cars, drive-in ...
Robert B. Costello, 2001
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English idioms for Spanish speakers
Comprendio lo que iba a suceder y dejo la compania antes de que esta sefuera a la bancarrota. to drive up the wall — enfurecer a alguien. They drove me up the wall with their demands! iMe volvieron furioso con sus exigencias! to have one's  ...
Eugene Savaiano, Lynn W. Winget, 2007
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The Final Battle... for Now
“You can't drive up the wall in one,” Durinda said. “Although sometimes at home,” Rebecca said, “when Petal drives her little pink car around the house, it drives me up the wall.” “I know I can't drive up the wall with one,” Petal said, peeved, “ but ...
Lauren Baratz-Logsted, Greg Logsted, Jackie Logsted, 2012
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
... cover up, crack up, cracked up to be, cut up rough, dead from the neck up, death warmed up, dig up dirt, disappear up their own fundament, don't give up the day job, dressed up to the nines, drive up the wall, dukes up, earth swallow me up, ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
... make someone's hackles rise, get someone's back up, hack off, drive mad/ crazy, drive up the wall, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get up someone's nose, rattle someone's cage; Brit. informal wind up, get on someone's wick, ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
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Have a Nice Day--No Problem!: 2a Dictionary of Cliches
See also drive up the wall. drive (someone) up the wall, to. To harry someone to the point of mad desperation. The image here is forcing a person to escape a pest by literally climbing up and over a wall. An earlier version was to drive to the  ...
Christine Ammer, 1992
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Go - Transport Times of the West
You should see the operators I drive up the wall, even new 10 wheelers. I move in and out on jobs where they can't follow. They're jumping up and down on slopes or loose gravel when I'm long gone. They have to shut down right away or tear ...
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Half-Life 2: Prima Official Game Guide
You can drive up the wall and land on the upper ground to the left Assuming you have the mettle to make it across the gap, ease off the turbo and climb the stone and tarmac rise, around the large rock and onto the beginning of the coast road.
David S. J. Hodgson, 2005

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRIVE UP THE WALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drive up the wall is used in the context of the following news items.
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Oropeza: "I want to fight Venom Page"
I always have respected all of my opponents, but there is one guy in Bellator, who makes me drive up the wall. His name is Michael "Venom" ... «SportsBlog.com, Nov 14»
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17 Basil, say, one against hotel regularly taking recipe for salad …
... pets right away (6); 30 In afterthought, no teacher backs places for detention (7); 31 Batting, then caught! Cook seen to drive up the wall (7) ... «The Guardian, Oct 14»
3
Tron: Legacy Toys Teased
... with the film's neon style and, as if to make every boy's dream come true, a Light Cycle that can drive up the wall. Up. The. Motherpussbucket. «Empire Online, Jun 10»
4
Air Hogs RC toy can follow a laser
For some reason, the kid in me just loves the idea of an RC vehicle that can literally drive up the wall. This spider car is able to accomplish this ... «Coolest Gadgets, Oct 09»
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Garth Ennis Talks "Battlefields: The Tankies"
So, at painfully slow tank speed, you drive up the wall of earth and stone and immediately expose your underside as you come through the ... «Comic Book Resources, Feb 09»
6
Adam checks out new inventions
Newsround's Adam went to check out amazing new 3D duvet covers, and even remote-controlled cars you can drive up the wall. «CBBC Newsround, Nov 08»
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Volkswagen Touareg
... and engine-drag torque control, all toiling silently and transparently to make your drive up the wall of the Grand Canyon a pleasant one. «Automobile Magazine, Apr 05»

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