go ape

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ape
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Sense: n.

Synonyms:

anthropoid ape, great ape, primate, simian, gorilla, chimpanzee, orangutan, baboon, gibbon, siamang, monkey , tailless primate, oaf (slang), brute (slang)

Sense: v.

Synonyms:

imitate, copy , mimic , impersonate, personate, make like (slang), reproduce, parody, act like, caricature, plagiarize, plagiarise (UK), take off (slang), spoof , simulate, resemble , look like, be like, parrot , match

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