go bazootie
v. phr.— «Several states have assumed the role of anointing hospitals as trauma centers in areas that need them and have none. But when someone suggested a similar plan for Florida, said Alexander, the Florida Hospital Association “absolutely went bazootie.”» —“Trauma care in state a patchwork system” by Carol Gentry St. Petersburg Times July 10, 1988. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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