go wild

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go wild

verb goes wild · going wild · went wild · gone wild

idiomatic To become very noisy and excited. Brazil scored, and the crowd went wild!
Opposite: go mild
idiomatic, imperative To go ahead; do as one pleases (used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is not interested in the outcome of the proposal).
Similar: go nuts, knock oneself out
of a ranged weapon shot To land or pass wildly off-target. The policeman's first two shots went wild before he took down the gunman with his third.

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verb to become noisy and excited

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@misc{go_wild_2026,
  title = {go wild},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20wild},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}