off the deep end

off the deep end

English

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Adjective

off the deep end

  1. (usually in the phrase 'go off the deep end') Extremely angry.
    I told him that I'd broken the vase, and he went off the deep end.
  2. (idiomatic, US) Crazy, erratic, or irrational.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insane
    It used to be a funny comic, but lately it has gone off the deep end.
    • 2013, Jason Isbell, “Relatively Easy”, in Southeastern:
      I lost a good friend / Christmastime when folks go off the deep end / His woman took the kids and he took Klonopin / Enough to kill a man of twice his size

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