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go mental

VERB
go crazy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
freak out go off lose it
WEAK
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 haywire go kooky go loco go loony 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

Example Sentences

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"I didn't go mental or anything and buy like a sports car," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

"There is a 90% success rate, so I should not suffer now. My ticker should be all good and it won't suddenly kick in and go mental."

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024

"My last holiday was last year ... countless months already, I felt like I'll go mental also soon," said Beverly Tiew, 42, from Kuala Lumpur.

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2021

This script by Tiffany Paulson, with insights like “chicks go mental at the holidays” and comedic asides along the lines of “excuse me, Crocodile Dundee,” is not that.

From Washington Times • Oct. 28, 2020

By the side of industrial training should always go mental and moral training, but the pushing of mere abstract knowledge into the head means little.

From The Negro Problem by Fortune, Timothy Thomas