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go spare

verb — 3 senses

go spare

verb
1

To be available or unused.

  • There's some bacon going spare if anyone wants some more.
2

UK, Informal To become very angry; to become frustrated or distraught: see spare.

  • When he found out that someone had broken the window, he went spare.
  • The poor girl is going spare, stuck in the house all day with the kids like that.
3

Archaic To be unemployed.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.