goes crazy
Flips one's lid
Goes crazy describes a sudden shift into wild, irrational, or extremely energetic behavior.
Someone might go crazy from stress, frustration, or excitement: The crowd went crazy when the band took the stage.
It can suggest genuine mental disturbance but more often conveys informal hyperbole about intense reactions: My mom will go crazy if she finds out I dented the car.
The phrase also describes things that malfunction or behave erratically: The stock market went crazy after the announcement.
- freaks outReacts with extreme alarm
- berserkWildly, violently uncontrolled
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
- rageIntense, violent anger
- goes ballisticLoses control explosively
loses their mind · flips out · goes nuts · flies off the handle · meltdown · bonkers · haywire · blows a fuse · unglued · panic · frenzied · crazed · snaps · off the rails · loses it · loses the plot · hysterical · throws a fit
- losing itloses it, snaps, freaks out, flips out, goes nuts
goes crazykeeps it together
Maintains emotional stability
keeps one's cool · chills out · settles down · calms down · mellows out
goes crazyholds back
Restrains or delays
calms down · settles down · winds down · quiets down · pipes down