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Collocations for mad - adj.

1. (esp. BrE) not sane

→ See also crazy

VERBS

be, look, seem
go
He went mad and spent the rest of his life locked up in a mental hospital.
The world had gone completely mad.
drive sb
His experiences in the First World War drove him mad.
The children are driving me mad!
consider sb, think sb
Her colleagues thought her quite mad.
pronounce sb

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ADVERB

absolutely, completely, quite, totally, utterly
barking (BrE), raving, stark raving (all informal)
What a barking mad idea!
You must be stark raving mad to risk your money like that!
almost
a little, slightly, etc.
half

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PREPOSITION

with
I went mad with joy and danced a little jig.

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2. (informal, esp. AmE) angry

VERBS

be, feel, look
get
I get so mad when people don't take me seriously.
make sb
It makes me really mad when people waste food.

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
hopping
absolutely

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PREPOSITION

at, with
Please don't be mad with me!

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Mad is used with these nouns:
dash, dog, eye, frenzy, genius, idea, panic, professor, rush, scientist, scramble, whirl, world

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