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go haywire
To break down or cease to function properly: “Everything was going smoothly until the computer started to go haywire.”
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Idioms and Phrases
Become wildly confused, out of control, or crazy. For example, The plans for the party have gone haywire, or His enemies accused the mayor of going haywire. This term alludes to the wire used for bundling hay, which is hard to handle and readily tangled. [First half of 1900s]
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Things go haywire from here, and DeYoung has the rare opportunity to punch as hard as he possibly can.
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It makes it much easier for some immune cells to go haywire and drive excessive inflammation in the bowels.
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There's every reason to believe this trial could go haywire.
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So there's every reason to believe this trial could go haywire.
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It's during this crucial period of cell division that things can go haywire.
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