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gone mad

gone mad is the past participle of go mad.

Meaning of go 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?

Questions about gone mad

What is gone mad the past participle of?
Gone mad is the past participle of go mad.

Words near gone mad in the dictionary

  1. gone it
  2. gone it alone
  3. gone left
  4. gone like a dream
  5. gone long
  6. gone mad
  7. gone mental
  8. gone missing
  9. gone moggy
  10. gone nap
  11. gone nap on

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