go spare

English

Verb

go spare

1. To be available or unused.

   There's some bacon going spare if anyone wants some more.

2. (Britain, informal) To become angry, to lose one's temper

   When he found out that someone had broken the window, he went spare.

3. To become frustrated or distressed.

   The poor girl is going spare, stuck in the house all day with the kids like that.

4. (archaic) To be unemployed.

Translations

to be available

• Finnish: olla tarjolla (fi)

to become frustrated or distressed

• Finnish: turhautua (fi), kyllästyä (fi)

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