stir-crazy
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*stir-crazy

crazy from being confined. (*Typically: be ~; become ~; go ~; get ~; make someone ~. stir is a slang word for prison.) I am going to go stir-crazy if I don't get out of this office.

stir-crazy (mainly American informal)

upset and nervous because you have been in one place for too long

Usage notes: Stir is a word used in American English for a prison.

It's no wonder she's going stir-crazy, shut in that tiny house all day with three young children.

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But it is unrealistic, and counter-productive, for players to go stir-crazy in their hotel rooms. New leader nowhere in sight by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) We would go stir-crazy if we tried to dissect it too much. Football: I APPLAUD THE CRITICS; COMPREHENSIVE PREVIEW OF ALL THE ... by The Mirror (London, England) It's been ideal preparation for the tour - it's nice to get outside and bowl again because you can go stir-crazy when you're stuck indoors all winter. Cricket: Hunk Simon's hot stuff after his chuck in Madras; EXCLUSIVE ... by The Mirror (London, England)			go out on a limb go out the window go over big go over head go over like a lead balloon go over with a bang go over with a fine-tooth comb go overboard go past go pear-shaped Go piss up a rope! go places go postal go public go round in circles go round the houses go scot-free go separate ways go sky-high go so far as to go so far as to say go sour go south go spare go stag go stir-crazy go straight go the distance go the extra mile go the limit go the way of all flesh go the way of the dodo go the whole hog go the whole nine yards go through go through channels go through fire and water go through hell go through hoops go through like a dose of salts go through the changes go through the mill go through the motions go through the roof go through with go to any length go to bat against go to bat for go to bed go to bed with go to bed with the chickens			Go Server Client Protocol go shares go shares go shares go shares Go short Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons go sky-high Go slow go so far as go so far as go so far as go so far as to go so far as to say go sour go sour go sour go sour go sour go south go south go spare Go Sports Racing Association go stag go steady go steady go steady go steady go steady with go steady with someone go stir-crazy go straight go take great pains Go Text Protocol go the distance go the distance go the distance go the distance go the distance go the extra mile go the limit go the round go the round go the round go the round go the rounds go the rounds go the rounds go the rounds go the vole go the vole go the vole go the vole go the way of all flesh go the way of the dodo go the way of the horse and buggy go the whole hog go the whole nine yards go the whole way go the whole way go the whole way

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stir-crazy (redirected from go stir-crazy)

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