gone wild
Off the rails
Gone wild describes something that has become unrestrained, uncontrolled, or excessive.
Plants gone wild have escaped cultivation and grow untended.
A crowd gone wild has lost its composure, usually in excitement or frenzy.
The phrase gained cultural currency from the *Girls Gone Wild* video series, lending it sexual connotations when applied to people behaving uninhibitedly: Spring break gone wild.
- spring breakAcademic recess in March
- overgrownExcessively covered in vegetation
- feralWild after domestication
- unrulyDifficult to control
- viralSpreading quickly online
rampant · sensationalized · rebellious · no holds barred · uninhibited · letting loose · unbridled · unchecked · scandalous · anarchic · disorderly · explicit · amateur · unregulated · outrageous · carefree · untamed · ecstatic