go ape

Idioms and Phrases

Become wildly excited or enthusiastic. For example, The audience went ape over the band . This idiom is a modern version of the older go berserk . It fancifully equates frenzy with an ape's behavior. [Second half of 1900s] Also see go bananas .

Example Sentences

“It’s a workout in the trees,” says Jason Budden, chief operating officer of Go Ape.

From Washington Post

Go Ape said it has shared information about a "possible product failure" to the manufacturer.

From BBC

Go Ape said it was "leaning towards" a possible product failure as the cause.

From BBC

The founder of Go Ape has apologised after a man fell from height at one of its courses.

From BBC

Home to high ropes course Go Ape, the trees could not be felled to the ground, so Forestry England flew in the helicopter to help carry out the work.

From BBC

Related Words

• babble
• freak out
• fume
• go crazy
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