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going bananas

going bananas is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about going bananas

What is going bananas the present participle and gerund of?
Going bananas is the present participle and gerund of go bananas.

Words near going bananas in the dictionary

  1. going back to the tools
  2. going backwards
  3. going bad
  4. going ballistic
  5. going balls up
  6. going bananas
  7. going bankrupt
  8. going barrel
  9. going barrels
  10. going batshit
  11. going begging

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