See go haywire on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2025 November 1, Aisha Down, “Ducking annoying: why has iPhone’s autocorrect function gone haywire?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
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"To become wildly confused, out of control, or mentally unbalanced."
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"(informal, somewhat derogatory) To become wildly confused, out of control, or mentally unbalanced."
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"word": "go haywire"
}
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