go ballistic
Example Sentences
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At the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere in London this week, Hugh Jackman predicted: "This place is going to go ballistic on Sunday. England is going to win 3-1."
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024
Dictators such as North Korea’s Kim Jong Un would conclude that you can go ballistic and survive.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2022
Something small, like a guy blows a horn at me, and man, my insides go ballistic.
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2022
Plenty of hospitals and physician groups would go ballistic if the axe actually fell, but in the grand scheme of things, it probably wouldn’t lead to a lot of human suffering or dysfunction.
From Slate • Feb. 2, 2021
John would go ballistic when none of them showed up at band practice tomorrow.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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