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ape
adjective
crazed, frenzied, demonstrating rage or delight US, 1955
Based on the behaviour of apes in films – not in real life.- I drive you ape, and you just don’t trust yourself with me, that’s what it is. — Max Shulman, Rally Round the Flag, Boys!, p. 58, 1957
▶ go ape
to lose control; to react unrestrainedly AUSTRALIA, 1988- That’s why they go ape in Viet Nam. — Darryl Ponicsan, The Last Detail, p. 34, 1970
- Parents are people who always try and boss you around, and who can’t stand it when you have fun, and they go ape all the time for no reason. — Kylie Mole (Maryanne Fahey), My Diary, p. 4, 1988
- Promise you won’t go spreading it about, or the Tourist Board’ll go ape. — James Hawes, Dead Long Enough, p. 229, 2000
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