English

Verb

go mad ‎(third-person singular simple present goes mad, present participle going mad, simple past went mad, past participle gone mad)

1. (intransitive) To become insane.
2. (intransitive, idiomatic, followed by "and" and a second verb) Used to indicate that the second verb represents an action that is out of character.

   Let's go mad and have a bottle of wine with our lunch.

3. (intransitive, idiomatic, usually as a past participle and preceded by a noun) To reach an excessive or ridiculous level.

   Why should we ban smoking on college grounds? Surely that's political correctness gone mad?

Synonyms

• (to become crazy): go crazy, go nuts

Translations

Anagrams

• dogma