go berserk

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 .

Example Sentences

People who cannot separate themselves from the reality around them go berserk when that reality turns and bites.

From The Daily Beast

Any moment now, they might go berserk, turning their course fatally toward the Sun.

From Project Gutenberg

If there is anything to stir the blood of a man like a destroyer beginning to see red and go Berserk, I have yet to encounter it.

From Project Gutenberg

Anyhow, the way things were going, we'd all go berserk before we reached Saturn.

From Project Gutenberg

Take away their fracases and their trank pills and they'd go berserk.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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