go rogue

phrase

: to begin to behave in an independent or uncontrolled way that is not authorized, normal, or expected

… Clark [a bald eagle] was supposed to fly around the stadium, high above people's heads. But instead, he went rogue and decided to perch on two unsuspecting fans.

—Nicole Gallucci

… the inmates have broken loose and are running rogue throughout the prison.

—Maggie McHale

Anders had been sent to the Amazon to monitor the program's progress under the formidable Dr. Annick Swensen (who may have gone rogue and is no longer returning the company's calls).

—Yvonne Zipp

Whenever a member of a group goes rogue, you can be absolutely certain that other members of that group will pop up with the "bad apple" defense, as in, "Well, sure, there's a few bad apples in every bunch, but that's the exception."

—Christine Flowers

Examples of go rogue in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The announcement comes just days after rival OpenAI first revealed that its models improperly accessed the internet and went rogue during security testing. — CBS News, 31 July 2026

Last week, OpenAI said its AI models went rogue during an evaluation of its models, and broke into the servers of AI startup Hugging Face. — ABC News, 31 July 2026

Former Fed Chair Jerome Powell from time to time talked about markets going rogue and influencing the Fed’s decision on rates. — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 July 2026

The company also didn’t say what would prevent the new tools from similarly going rogue. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026

Rhymes for go rogue

• prorogue
• bogue
• brogue
• drogue
• vogue