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Meaning of go haywire | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To become wildly confused, out of control, or mentally unbalanced.

derogatory, informal

Equivalents

Polski trzpiotać
Türkçe sapıtmak

Examples

“If you feel the autocorrect on your iPhone has gone haywire recently – inexplicably correcting words such as “come” to “coke” and “winter” to “w Inter” – then you are not the only one.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

go Holland go Hollywood go home go hor lan go horribly right go hostile

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