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Discover LudwigThe phrase "going haywire" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to become chaotic, out of control, or malfunctioning. Example: "The computer system is going haywire and we can't access any of our files." In this sentence, "going haywire" describes the state of the computer system, indicating that it is not functioning properly.
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Go haywire.
When something goes haywire, it is completely out of control and erratic.
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And things start going haywire.
Yet here she was going haywire.
I wanted these things going haywire".
People were going haywire with weapons".
You don't have banks going haywire".
With that Rangers victory, everything started going haywire for Boston.
Brad Plumer explains why California's gas prices are going haywire.
But at around four my pager started going haywire.
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Nevertheless, things went haywire.
His game went haywire.
Markets could go haywire.
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