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What does "drive" mean in this case?

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Rebecca

To "drive people mad" here means to make them go crazy or to annoy them. So the verb "drive" in this context means to make or to cause something to happen. Here's a couple examples of "drive" used in similar contexts: Ex: The demand for gas drives the success of the oil industry. Ex: She is driving me crazy.

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