going ape

Example Sentences

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Two months earlier, in the Desert Sentinel of Desert Hot Springs, California, a high schooler named Jackie Darling wrote, “‘I hear that the new by-word is ‘I’m going gorilla’ instead of ‘I’m going ape.’

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2018

Now, this was a period of time when Americans were going ape for red zinfandel.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2017

As recently as a couple weeks ago, with fans going ape over tidbits and new trailers for “The Force Awakens,” Lucas had still not seen the film.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2015

That’s pretty much the reason people are going ape over it, right?

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2015

"You've been in contact for twenty-four hours and the media is going ape shit. They want an image for the story. It'll be on every news site in the world."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir