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goes bananas

goes bananas is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go bananas.

Meaning of go bananas

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To get angry; to go mad.
    • I just told her she couldn’t have any pudding until after dinner, and she went bananas!
  2. (idiomatic, informal) To become silly or excited; to go crazy.
    • The music was going bananas with immensity at this point.1982 August, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; 3), London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 49

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What is goes bananas the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes bananas is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go bananas.

Words near goes bananas in the dictionary

  1. goes back to the tools
  2. goes backwards
  3. goes bad
  4. goes ballistic
  5. goes balls up
  6. goes bananas
  7. goes bankrupt
  8. goes batshit
  9. goes begging
  10. goes belly-up
  11. goes below

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