go mad

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go mad

verb goes mad · going mad · went mad · gone mad

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.
Similar: go crazy, go nuts
informal, intransitive To do something extravagant. Let's go mad and have a bottle of wine with our lunch.
informal, intransitive, usually, as a past participle and preceded by a noun To reach an excessive or ridiculous level. Why should we ban controversial speakers from college grounds? Surely that's political correctness gone mad?

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@misc{go_mad_2026,
  title = {go mad},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20mad},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}