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go haywire

verbid 10548·updated Jun 3, 2026
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act in an atypical way, especially in terms of anger and/or aggression

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Classifications

Cognitive

60%llm-generatedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

pasttense
goed haywirewent haywire
presentparticiple
going haywire
thirdpersonsingular
goes haywiregos haywire
pastparticiple
goed haywiregone haywire

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
not working properly
§2
act in an atypical way, especially in terms of anger and/or aggression
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
act in an atypical way, especially in terms of anger and/or aggression
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

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