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go berserk



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Idioms and Phrases

Erupt in furious rage, become crazily violent. For example, When they announced the gymnast's score, her coach went berserk . This expression is believed to allude to the name of Norse warriors renowned for their ferocity in battle and for wearing no armor but a bearskin shirt (or berserkar ). [Late 1800s] Also see go ape .
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Example Sentences

Israel's far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, said a few days ago he wanted Israel to "go berserk" in response to Iran's attack.

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One said the Israelis needed to "go berserk".

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One of them said Israel should "go berserk".

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"People can simply go berserk because they're being treated like dispensable meat which deserves no sympathy. And this attitude is in reality not uncommon," the account calling itself the Grey Zone Philologist said.

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They don’t just suddenly snap and go berserk and just so happen to have an AR-15 in the trunk of their car for such an occasion.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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