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go ape

verb

Definitions

  1. To become wildly excited or enthusiastic.

  2. To become very angry.

    • "Forgot to tell you. Some reporter found out we had a Russkie up here and tried to bluff his way onto the floor. A nurse stopped him. Admiral Blackburn found out and went ape. The whole floor's sealed off. What's the big secret, anyway?"

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