go mad

present singular third person goes mad · participle present going mad · past went mad · participle past gone mad

1. intransitiveTo become insane.

   I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we cant go through another of those terrible times. And I shant recover this time.

   1941, Virginia Woolf, suicide note

   Synonyms: go crazy, go nuts

2. informalintransitivetypically followed by "and"; plus a second verb; typically followed by "and"; plus a second verbTo do something extravagant.

   Let's go mad and have a bottle of wine with our lunch.

   1 more example

   Here's fifty pounds in case you see anything nice to buy, but don't go mad.

3. informalintransitiveusuallyTo reach an excessive or ridiculous level.

   Why should we ban controversial speakers from college grounds? Surely that's political correctness gone mad?