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go wild

idiom
Meaning

To become very noisy and excited.


Examples
SIMPLE

The children go wild when they play in the park.

CONTEXTUAL

The crowd went wild when the band finally walked onto the stage to start the concert.

COMPLEX

As the final whistle blew and their team secured the championship, the supporters in the stadium went wild with unbridled joy.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    a wild goose never laid a tame egg

    Most things are inherited and predetermined.

  2. 02

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  3. 03

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  4. 04

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  5. 05

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  6. 06

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  7. 07

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  8. 08

    easy come, easy go

    Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)

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