go bananas

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go bananas

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From bananas (“crazy”).

verb goes bananas · going bananas · went bananas · gone bananas

  1. idiomatic, informal To get angry; to go mad. I just told her she couldn’t have any pudding until after dinner, and she went bananas!
  2. idiomatic, informal To become silly or excited; to go crazy. The music was going bananas with immensity at this point.

Similar: go ape, go nuts

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Similar: go ape, go nuts

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"go bananas." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/go%20bananas. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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go bananas. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/go%20bananas

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"go bananas." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/go%20bananas.

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@misc{go_bananas_2026,
  title = {go bananas},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20bananas},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}