go snake

Verb

go snake (third-person singular simple present goes snake, present participle going snake, simple past went snake, past participle gone snake)

1. (Canada, idiomatic, informal) To act in an erratic or unrestrained manner.
   • Industry watchers note that high prices and record revenues likely mean the sector is headed for strong profits, despite its challenges. / “Prices have gone snake. If you think about it, the tariffs have been a constant over the whole thing. […]” observed James Beck, a forestry professor at the...2004 August 23, Geoffrey Scotton, “Alberta lumber sales roar: Exports, prices put industry on record pace”, in Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta, page D4
   • “On the road, refs are going to make their calls; I know that,” Hillis said Friday. “I'm a big boy, I've been on the road before. But there were two really hard fouls (on Wright and Matt Cherkas) . . . and I finally went snake.[”]2004 November 6, “Cougars slammed by Wesmen”, in Leader-Post, Regina, Sask., page C8

   Synonyms:

   go crazy, go postal, Note: All terms are idiomatic unless stated otherwise., blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow one's stack, blow one's top, crash out, cut up nasty, cut up rough