go frantic
Frequency: 6.011.3 per million words
to start to be frantic, often with a sense of losing control
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- When the toddler wandered off in the mall, his mother went frantic.
- If the server goes down again, everyone will go frantic.
- She goes frantic whenever she can’t find her phone.
- The newsroom was going frantic as the deadline approached.
- I’ve gone frantic trying to meet all these demands.
- Don’t go frantic—take a breath and retrace your steps.
- By nightfall, the rescuers had gone frantic searching the ravine.
- He nearly went frantic with worry when you didn’t call.
- The crowd went frantic the moment the lights went out.
- Parents can go frantic in the first few minutes after a child disappears.