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going berserk

going berserk is the present participle and gerund of go berserk.

Meaning of go berserk

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To enter a wild and uncontrollable state.
    • If someone sneaks my lunch again, I'm actually going to go berserk.

Questions about going berserk

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

Words near going berserk in the dictionary

  1. going barrels
  2. going batshit
  3. going begging
  4. going belly-up
  5. going below
  6. going berserk
  7. going between
  8. going beyond
  9. going beyond the pale
  10. going big or going home
  11. going bonkers

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