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go up the wall

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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.

See also: up, wall