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drive someone crazy (third-person singular simple present drives someone crazy, present participle driving someone crazy, simple past drove someone crazy, past participle driven someone crazy)

  1. (informal, literal) To cause someone to become insane.
  2. (informal, idiomatic) To annoy or irritate.
  3. (informal, idiomatic) To cause to be infatuated.
    • 1977, Ted Ashford (lyrics and music), “Don't It Drive You Crazy”, in Having A Party, performed by Pointer Sisters:
      Dance for you / Don't it drive you crazy baby?

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