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climbing the walls

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climbing the walls
to be extremely nervous or upset. If your kids are climbing the walls, they need to get out and work off some of that excess energy.
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Every one who was left in the hall flew to the windows, climbing the walls in order to see, and repeating, "La Esmeralda
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
Whilst this violent, noisy, and bloody scene was passing on the Greve, several men, barricaded behind the gate of communication with the garden, replaced their swords in their sheaths, assisted one among them to mount a ready saddled horse which was waiting in the garden, and like a flock of startled birds, fled in all directions, some climbing the walls, others rushing out at the gates with all the fury of a panic.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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