go ape over someone/something
go ape over (someone or something)
1. slang To become wildly or uncontrollably angry about someone or something. My parents went totally ape over the news that I'd wrecked the car! Now, don't go ape over it, but I've decided to move to Canada.
2. slang To become extremely excited or enthusiastic about someone or something. I've never understood that pop star's popularity, but kids just go ape over her.
See also: ape, go, over
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
go ape (over someone/something)
in. to become very excited over someone or something. I just go ape over chocolate.
See also: ape, go, over, someone, something
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- go ape over (someone or something)
- go apeshit over (something)
- go apeshit over someone/something
- go ape, to
- go ape
- go apeshit
- apeshit
- go bitchcakes
- postal
- ballistic