"go mental" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes mental [present, singular, third-person], going mental [participle, present], went mental [past], gone mental [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> mental}} go mental (third-person singular simple present goes mental, present participle going mental, simple past went mental, past participle gone mental)
  1. (informal) To become extremely angry. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-go_mental-en-verb-R~1P6inQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11
  2. (informal) To become wild with excitement. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-go_mental-en-verb-uiH21Fic

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for go mental meaning in English (1.3kB)

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