drive someone to the edge

drive someone to the edge
drive someone to the edge & drive someone to the brink
Fig. to drive someone almost insane; to drive someone close to doing something desperate. •

Your trouble with the police has driven me to the brink! The next time you are arrested, I will not get you out of jail.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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