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  1. GO OFF THE DEEP END definition: 1. to get very angry about something or lose control of yourself 2. to get very angry about…. Learn more.

    • English (US)

      GO OFF THE DEEP END meaning: 1. to get very angry about...

    • Polski

      GO OFF THE DEEP END definicja: 1. to get very angry about...

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  3. One variation of this idiom is “go off the deep end”, which suggests a sudden and extreme reaction or behavior. Another variation is “take the plunge”, which implies taking a risk or making a bold decision without hesitation.

  4. Literally, to jump into the deep end of a pool (as opposed to the shallow end). Don't let Sally go off the deep end—she doesn’t know how to swim. I was only allowed to go off the deep end once I'd finished two years of swimming lessons.

  5. go off the deep end in American English. a. to enter upon a course of action with heedless or irresponsible indifference to consequences. b. to become emotionally overwrought. See full dictionary entry for deep.

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    — When dad finds out you bent his golf club he's going to go off the deep end. — I went off the deep endwhen my secretary told everyone I had an appointment with a plastic surgeon. — My parents will go off the deep endwhen to find out we had a party while they were away and our neighbors called the police. — It's a simple mistake that can be correc...

    hit the roof
    lose control
    lose one's temper
    flip out

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  7. To go off the deep end is to become extremely upset and unable to control your emotional reaction; to be angry and irrational; to be carried away by emotion, especially anger and to react irrationally.

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