up the wall

Idioms and Phrases

see under drive someone crazy .

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

In the video description, Furlan said she climbed up the wall and grabbed the dog out of the coyote’s mouth.

From Los Angeles Times

“He doused it — but two seconds later, flames went running up the wall,” Propster said.

From Los Angeles Times

The elevator doors open into a small tunnel with a ladder going up the wall.

From Literature

Trump also claims credit for building up the wall dividing the U.S. and Mexico to reduce illegal crossings, as well as for pushing through $3.2 trillion in tax cuts, appointing Supreme Court justices who rejected the nationwide right to abortion, pulling the U.S. out of trade agreements he said hurt American workers, and clearing the way for the U.S. to become the world’s top producer of oil and natural gas.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• agitated
• anxious
• apprehensive
• edgy
• excited
• jittery
• nervous
• restive
• shaky
• strained
• stressful
• uneasy