going ape

Example Sentences

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Two months earlier, in the Desert Sentinel of Desert Hot Springs, California, a high schooler named Jackie Darling wrote, “‘I hear that the new by-word is ‘I’m going gorilla’ instead of ‘I’m going ape.’

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2018

Now, this was a period of time when Americans were going ape for red zinfandel.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2017

As recently as a couple weeks ago, with fans going ape over tidbits and new trailers for “The Force Awakens,” Lucas had still not seen the film.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2015

That’s pretty much the reason people are going ape over it, right?

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2015

Everybody’s going ape because who could have predicted that you need paper to make a paper chain?

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman