"go apeshit" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-go apeshit.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes apeshit [present, singular, third-person], going apeshit [participle, present], went apeshit [past], gone apeshit [participle, past]
Etymology: See apeshit. Etymology templates: {{m|en|apeshit}} apeshit Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> apeshit}} go apeshit (third-person singular simple present goes apeshit, present participle going apeshit, simple past went apeshit, past participle gone apeshit)
  1. (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To behave in an extreme manner; to act without restraint, especially by becoming explosively angry. Tags: intransitive, slang, vulgar

Inflected forms

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