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go apeshit over someone or something

Language; Slang

To get very excited about someone or something. (Usually objectionable.) * She really went apeshit over the ice cream.

go bitchcakes

Language; Slang

To go wild or crazy. (Usually objectionable.) * All this rude talk just makes me go bitchcakes.

go down on someone

Language; Slang

To perform oral sex on someone. (Usually objectionable.) * She was just gonna go down on him when the camera panned over to the window.

go down the line

Language; Slang

To snort a line of cocaine. (Drugs.) * Gert had to leave the office to go down the line. * They found her in the john, going down the line.

go downhill

Language; Slang

To decline. * This company is going downhill at a great rate. * Things began to go downhill when the county cut the maintenance budget.

go for broke

Language; Slang

To choose to risk everything; to try to succeed against great odds. * I feel lucky today. I’ll go for broke. * We decided to go for broke, and that is exactly how we ended up.

To set extremely high goals and do whatever is needed to meet them. (Alludes to attempting to hit a home run against the fences of a baseball stadium.) * Think big! Go for the fences! * We are going ...