go wild

verb — 3 senses

go wild

verb
1

Idiomatic To become very noisy and excited.

  • Brazil scored, and the crowd went wild!
2

Idiomatic, Imperative To go ahead; do as one pleases (used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is not interested in the outcome of the proposal).

3

Of a ranged weapon shot To land or pass wildly off-target.

  • The policeman's first two shots went wild before he took down the gunman with his third.

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