going mad

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To become insane.
   • I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we cant go through another of those terrible times. And I shant recover this time.1941, Virginia Woolf, suicide note

   Synonyms:

   go crazy, go nuts

2. (informal, intransitive, typically followed by "and", plus a second verb) To do something extravagant.
   • Let's go mad and have a bottle of wine with our lunch.
3. (informal, intransitive, usually) To reach an excessive or ridiculous level.
   • Why should we ban controversial speakers from college grounds? Surely that's political correctness gone mad?