"go wild" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-go wild.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes wild [present, singular, third-person], going wild [participle, present], went wild [past], gone wild [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> wild}} go wild (third-person singular simple present goes wild, present participle going wild, simple past went wild, past participle gone wild)
  1. To become very noisy and excited. Translations (to become noisy and excited): буйствам (bujstvam) (Bulgarian), villiintyä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-go_wild-en-verb-a5G3yqD6 Disambiguation of 'to become noisy and excited': 93 6 0
  2. (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. Tags: idiomatic, imperative Synonyms (in the imperative): go nuts, knock oneself out
    Sense id: en-go_wild-en-verb-j83AKq8z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 78 9 Disambiguation of 'in the imperative': 26 70 3
  3. (of a ranged weapon shot) To land or pass wildly off-target.
    Sense id: en-go_wild-en-verb-NZktc1ew

Inflected forms

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