off the deep end
(usually in the phrase 'go off the deep end') Extremely angry.
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people say her politics have always sucked, but she went off the deep end after covid started.
Trump GOES OFF THE DEEP END About His Mental Collapse www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyuF...
I mean Calla just completely went off the deep end in a well worn path like the symbionese liberation army
Oh Stats 4 Lefties has gone off the deep end, that’s nice
Im not taking people who believe in like 1 or 2 conspiracies, but the tinfoil hat wearing, off the deep end, everything comes back to [insert people group of choice]. The ones who don’t think rationally but rush to pi…
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(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.
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(idiomatic, US) Crazy, erratic, or irrational.
“people say her politics have always sucked, but she went off the deep end after covid started.”
“I mean Calla just completely went off the deep end in a well worn path like the symbionese liberation army”
“Oh Stats 4 Lefties has gone off the deep end, that’s nice”
It used to be a funny comic, but lately it has gone off the deep end.
“people say her politics have always sucked, but she went off the deep end after covid started.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Trump GOES OFF THE DEEP END About His Mental Collapse www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyuF...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I mean Calla just completely went off the deep end in a well worn path like the symbionese liberation army”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Oh Stats 4 Lefties has gone off the deep end, that’s nice”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Im not taking people who believe in like 1 or 2 conspiracies, but the tinfoil hat wearing, off the deep end, everything comes back to [insert people group of choice]. The ones who don’t think rationally but rush to pin problems on whatever group their web of theories points to.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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