go wild

go wild

To become very excited or enthusiastic (about someone or something). I've never understood that pop star's popularity, but kids just go wild over her music. Everyone I know has gone wild over the new Roboformers movie—they say the special effects are really incredible. I can't say I go wild at the thought of cleaning the kitchen after you cook—you always make such a mess!
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go wild

Fig. to get very excited. At the end of the football game, the kick was good and the crowd went wild.
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Bolingbroke would go wild over you, Queen Anne -- your hair and your style and, oh, everything!
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