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Phrase(s): go up the wall
1. Lit. to climb or run up the wall. • Look at that silly cat go up the wall! How can its claws hold onto the brick? 2. Fig. to exhibit great frustration, as if trying to climb up a wall. • I was so upset, I almost went up the wall. • We went up the wall waiting for you.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs