go crazy
idiomatic phrase
1
: to become mentally unsound
I must be going crazy. I can't find my car keys anywhere.
—not used technically
2
: to act in a way that is out of control : to act wildly
We were just talking when he suddenly went crazy and started screaming.
The crowd went crazy when the team won the championship.
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Sometimes talking to somebody about the work can stop you from going crazy.
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Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
If this is your first time, don’t go crazy with details.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
However, as the umpires left Wrigley Field on the first-base side — through the Padres' dugout — several members of San Diego had to be held back after going crazy on the men in black.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The line in Swift's song and The Life of a Showgirl's cover art appears to be inspired by a Victorian-era painting that depicts the scene in Hamlet when Ophelia goes crazy and falls into a stream and drowns after learning Hamlet killed her father.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
If this is your first time, don’t go crazy with details.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
However, as the umpires left Wrigley Field on the first-base side — through the Padres' dugout — several members of San Diego had to be held back after going crazy on the men in black.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The line in Swift's song and The Life of a Showgirl's cover art appears to be inspired by a Victorian-era painting that depicts the scene in Hamlet when Ophelia goes crazy and falls into a stream and drowns after learning Hamlet killed her father.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for go crazy
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“Go crazy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20crazy. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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