going spare

Verb

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

1. To be available or unused.
   • There's some bacon going spare if anyone wants some more.
2. (UK, informal) To become very angry; to become frustrated or distraught: see spare.
   • When he found out that someone had broken the window, he went spare.
3. (archaic) To be unemployed.