go haywire in English

Forms: goes haywire [present, singular, third-person], going haywire [participle, present], went haywire [past], gone haywire [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> haywire}} go haywire (third-person singular simple present goes haywire, present participle going haywire, simple past went haywire, past participle gone haywire)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes haywire",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "going haywire",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "went haywire",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone haywire",
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
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      "glosses": [
        "To become wildly confused, out of control, or mentally unbalanced."
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          "unbalanced",
          "unbalanced"
        ]
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        "(informal, somewhat derogatory) To become wildly confused, out of control, or mentally unbalanced."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "go haywire"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes haywire",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going haywire",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went haywire",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone haywire",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> haywire"
      },
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      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "go haywire"
}

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"go haywire" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms