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go ape [idiom]

informal

go ape - عصبانی، هیجانی شدن

Example:

Lara went ape when she heard Mark had cancelled her flight. She was so angry she could kill him if he was there.

Amy went ape over the hotel and beautiful beaches.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

go ape informal to suddenly become very angry

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ape noun
BrE /eɪp/ ; NAmE /eɪp/
a large animal like a monkey, with no tail. There are different types of ape the great apes (= for example, orang-utans or chimpanzees)

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Idioms
go ˈape/ˈapeshit
(slang, especially North American English) to become extremely angry or excited

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 9th edition © Oxford University Press, 2015

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

go ape ( offensive go apeshit ) informal

to become extremely angry:

She went ape because I was half an hour late.

© Cambridge University Press 2013

becoming angry and expressing anger

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