go bananas
Example Sentences
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“All the volatility curves kind of inform each other. It’s hard for bond volatility to go bananas and not bleed into equity volatility.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
Confession: I don’t always go bananas for depictions of food in art, but April brings a smattering of excellent and tasty shows.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2024
All of them are strong contenders but, as Grammy-watchers know, the pressure of deciding the awards frequently makes voters go bananas.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2021
Later in the 1950s, go bananas emerged as another member of this slang family, likely influenced by the earlier popularity of go ape.
From Slate • Jun. 19, 2018
One bad day, and that cat could go bananas and shred the whole place.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
