throw a fit

throw a fit
verb
get very angry and fly into a rage
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The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question

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Spam makes me go ballistic

• Syn:
• Derivationally related forms: ↑blowup (for: ↑blow up)
• Hypernyms: ↑rage
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

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throw a fit (informal)
To have a fit, behave wildly
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Main Entry: ↑throw

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to get very angry and shout or become violent

We’d better clear up before Mary arrives. She’ll have a fit otherwise.

Thesaurus: to express angersynonym
Main entry: fit

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have/throw a ˈfit idiom
(informal) to be very shocked, upset or angry

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Your mother would have a fit if she knew you'd been drinking!

Main entry: ↑fitidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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