go crazy

English

Verb

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

1. To suddenly behave irrationally; to go mad.
   • 1996, "Weird Al" Yankovic (lyrics and music), “The Night Santa Went Crazy”, in Bad Hair Day‎^[1]:

     The night Santa went crazy
     The night Kris Kringle went nuts
     Now you can't hardly walk around the North Pole
     Without steppin' in reindeer guts

Synonyms

• go bonkers
• go insane
• go nuts
• pop one's cork

Translations

go nuts — see go nuts

See also

• act a fool

Further reading

• “go crazy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “go crazy” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.