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go ballistic
Idioms and Phrases
Become extremely upset or angry, as in Dad will go ballistic when he sees you dented the new car . This expression, a variation on go berserk , originally alluded to a guided missile going out of control. [ Slang ; mid-1980s]Example Sentences
鈥淚 knocked on the door, they answered it for some reason and I just started going ballistic.鈥
In an interview about the case given to investigators years later during Cox鈥檚 appeals process, Wilson said that this blow left the prosecutor 鈥済oing ballistic.鈥
NBC reported that in the final days before Trump made the decision, Trump was leaning in the direction of Burgum, causing the boys to go ballistic:
"We knew that we had to go ballistic after how they batted. We had to take risks and thankfully they came off," said Bairstow.
The extremists went ballistic over this, cornering Johnson on the floor and he eventually shot down the rumor, saying the rule would not be changed.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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