"off the deep end" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-off the deep end.ogg [Australia]
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  1. (usually in the phrase 'go off the deep end') Extremely angry. Categories (topical): Anger
    Sense id: en-off_the_deep_end-en-adj-KRF3zDb4 Disambiguation of Anger: 52 48
  2. (idiomatic, US) Crazy, erratic, or irrational. Tags: US, idiomatic Categories (topical): Anger Synonyms: insane Related terms: off the wall
    Sense id: en-off_the_deep_end-en-adj-Vhz54uFw Disambiguation of Anger: 52 48 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 28 72

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