Last Updated:2025/11/20

(intransitive, chiefly US, informal) To become aggressive and erratic, especially due to stress; specifically, to carry out a shooting spree at a workplace environment; also (more generally) to become very angry; to lose one's temper.

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go postal

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go postal

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US informal intransitive
Japanese Meaning
職場などで、ストレスや怒りにより攻撃的・暴力的な行動に出る状態になること / 極度の怒りにより理性を失い、暴走状態になること / (特に米国の俗語で)銃撃事件のような極端な暴力行為を行うこと
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3か月にわたる無理な締め切りと絶え間ない批判のせいで、彼は職員会議でキレて攻撃的かつ乱暴になりそうに見えた。

present singular third-person

participle present

past

participle past

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