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went bananas

went bananas is the simple past 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 went bananas

What is went bananas the simple past of?
Went bananas is the simple past of go bananas.

Words near went bananas in the dictionary

  1. went back to the tools
  2. went backwards
  3. went bad
  4. went ballistic
  5. went balls up
  6. went bananas
  7. went bankrupt
  8. went batshit
  9. went begging
  10. went belly-up
  11. went below

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