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went batshit

went batshit is the simple past of go batshit.

Meaning of go batshit

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To become completely irrational; to react in an irrationally extreme manner.
    • When I told him about the latest numbers, he went batshit.

Questions about went batshit

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

Words near went batshit in the dictionary

  1. went bad
  2. went ballistic
  3. went balls up
  4. went bananas
  5. went bankrupt
  6. went batshit
  7. went begging
  8. went belly-up
  9. went below
  10. went berserk
  11. went between

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