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go wild

go wild verb: to become very noisy and excited.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To become very noisy and excited.
    • Brazil scored, and the crowd went wild!
    Antonyms:
    go mild
  2. (idiomatic, imperative) To go ahead; do as one pleases (used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is not interested in the outcome of the proposal).
  3. To land or pass wildly off-target.
    • The policeman's first two shots went wild before he took down the gunman with his third.

Synonyms of go wild

Antonyms

Forms of go wild

third-person singular presentgoes wild
present participlegoing wild
pastwent wild
past participlegone wild

Questions about go wild

What does go wild mean?
Go wild means to become very noisy and excited.
What part of speech is go wild?
Go wild is a verb.
What is the past tense of go wild?
The past tense of go wild is went wild.

Words near go wild in the dictionary

  1. go west
  2. go whacks
  3. go whistle
  4. go whole hog
  5. go wide
  6. go wild
  7. go Winchester
  8. go with
  9. go with a swing
  10. go with one's gut
  11. go with the flow

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