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go haywire
verb as in deviate
verb as in flip out
verb as in freak out
Weak matches
- blow a gasket
- blow one's mind
- blow one's stack
- blow one's top
- break down
- come unglued
- crack up
- flip one's lid
- flip out
- fly off the handle
- go ape
- go ballistic
- go bananas
- go berserk
- go nuts
- go off the deep end
- hit the ceiling
- lose control of oneself
- lose one's composure
- lose one's cool
- lose one's mind
- lose one's temper
- wig out
- work oneself up
verb as in go crazy
Weak matches
- blow a gasket
- blow one's mind
- blow one's stack
- blow one's top
- crack up
- flip one's lid
- flip out
- fly off the handle
- go ballistic
- go bananas
- go batty
- go berserk
- go bonkers
- go buggy
- go cuckoo
- go daffy
- go kooky
- go loco
- go loony
- go mental
- go nuts
- go nutty
- go off one's rocker
- go off the deep end
- go off the wall
- go psycho
- go wacko
- go wacky
- lose control of oneself
- lose one's cool
- lose one's mind
- wig out
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Example Sentences
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"The warm water causes the biological processes inside that coral to go haywire. And just like humans get sick, corals get sick too."
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Things go haywire from here, and DeYoung has the rare opportunity to punch as hard as he possibly can.
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It makes it much easier for some immune cells to go haywire and drive excessive inflammation in the bowels.
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There's every reason to believe this trial could go haywire.
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So there's every reason to believe this trial could go haywire.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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