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go mad en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To become insane.
    • I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we cant go through another of those terrible times. And I shant recover this time. 1941, Virginia Woolf, suicide note:
  2. (informal, intransitive, qualifier:typically followed by "and"; plus a second verb; typically followed by "and"; plus a second verb) To do something extravagant.
    • Let's go mad and have a bottle of wine with our lunch.
    • Here's fifty pounds in case you see anything nice to buy, but don't go mad.
  3. (as a past participle and preceded by a noun, informal, intransitive, usually) To reach an excessive or ridiculous level.
    • Why should we ban controversial speakers from college grounds? Surely that's political correctness gone mad?

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
went mad Tense=Past lexicographic
gone mad Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
going mad Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
goes mad Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

go nuts (to become crazy) · go crazy (to become crazy)