go nuts

idiom

1

: to become mentally ill : to become insane

She went nuts and started to believe that everyone was trying to kill her.

2

: to act in a way that is wild or out of control because of strong emotion

The crowd went nuts when the team won the championship.

When Dad sees that you broke the window, he's going to go nuts.

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Recent Examples on the Web

The Original Chicken Jerky Bites are flavorful chicken treats that pups of all sizes go nuts for. —Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2022

Now Pose Cyberpunk has a pretty great photo mode, so find your favorite location and look and go nuts. —Paul Tassi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022

But studios love to bring their bigger, brasher, blockbuster-y comedies and genre outings down to the Austin, Texas festival because the audiences here tends to go nuts over that type of stuff in a way that most fest crowds don’t. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2022

A lot of club records are weapons designed to make people go nuts on the dance floor. —Zel Mccarthy, Billboard, 11 May 2021

Swift releases Lover—and fans go nuts dissecting the lyrics. —Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE, 6 Oct. 2019

The gamer will go nuts for this adorable little gift. —Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 7 Feb. 2023

There's Sea Salt for those who love a bit of salt with their sweetness, Rainy Day Espresso for caffeine lovers (an especially good one, since it’s made in the coffee capital of the U.S.), and a Sunny Salted Almond bar for those who go nuts about nuts. —Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2023

Peanut butter-loving couples will go nuts (sorry, had to) over this sampler set containing 6 different sweet and salty editions. —Mark Stock, Men's Health, 17 Oct. 2022

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