"go bananas" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-go bananas.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes bananas [present, singular, third-person], going bananas [participle, present], went bananas [past], gone bananas [participle, past]
Etymology: From bananas (“crazy”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|bananas||crazy}} bananas (“crazy”) Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> bananas}} go bananas (third-person singular simple present goes bananas, present participle going bananas, simple past went bananas, past participle gone bananas)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To get angry; to go mad. Tags: idiomatic, informal Translations (get angry): gå agurk (Danish), bli tokig (Swedish), gå i taket (Swedish), få tuppjuck (Swedish), få psykbryt (Swedish), kuka ur (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-go_bananas-en-verb-9eNWF61e Disambiguation of 'get angry': 97 3
  2. (idiomatic, informal) To become silly or excited; to go crazy. Tags: idiomatic, informal Translations (become very excited): gå bananas (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-go_bananas-en-verb-iQSMsXCS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of 'become very excited': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: go ape, go nuts

Inflected forms

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