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Meanings of go mad in English

To become insane.

Usage of go mad in English
1
Once forbidden to the multitude, the multitude would go mad for it.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
2
I felt I should go mad; I was so impotent, you see.
The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice / From "The New De...
3
My mother will go mad with grief; but I shall be avenged.
The Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
4
The body must have freedom if the spirit would not go mad.
Initials Only
5
He was sure that he would go mad in a few days.
Under Sealed Orders
6
I thought the men would go mad with cheering, especially the Irishmen.
Destruction and Reconstruction: / Personal Experiences of the La...
7
Her life would be unendurable; she would go mad, mad as Margaret.
Evelyn Innes
8
Stifled in that prison any longer, she would choke and go mad.
The Trespasser
9
Men who are lost on it go mad and die of thirst-
The Valiant Runaways
10
I will make a clean breast of it all-beforeI go mad.
Edward Barry / South Sea Pearler
11
Men have felt that, without these ideas, they would all go mad.
A Mummer's Tale
12
I think I shall go mad if I am to lose her.
The Castle Of The Shadows
13
The natural end of loving one's own way, is to go mad.
The Flight of the Shadow
14
A moment later it was Adela herself who appeared to go mad.
Beasts and Super-Beasts
15
I must do something to rouse her or I shall go mad.
Wild Kitty
16
I just go mad when you doubt him, Freddy, I see red.
There was a King in Egypt
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Go mad through the time
Go mad across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common