goes nuts
Totally freaks out
Goes nuts means to become wildly excited, angry, or irrational.
Someone goes nuts with joy at good news, goes nuts with rage at an insult, or simply goes nuts from stress: The crowd went nuts when she scored.
It can also describe excessive indulgence: He goes nuts buying gadgets.
The related phrase drives nuts means to cause such a state in someone else.
- freaks outReacts with extreme alarm
- flips outLoses control emotionally
- berserkWildly, violently uncontrolled
- goes crazyLoses mental composure
- goes wildBecomes uncontrolled or frenzied
loses their mind · goes bananas · frenzied · unhinged · goes ballistic · insane · loses it · explode · batshit · goes apeshit · tantrum · raving · snap · off the deep end · manic · maddened · frantic · loses control
- losing itloses it, snaps, freaks out, flips out, goes crazy