pull your hair out

pull your hair out
tear/pull/your hair out informal phrase
to feel very worried or very annoyed about something because you do not know what to do about it
Thesaurus: to be, or to become angry or annoyedsynonym to worry or feel nervous about somethingsynonym
Main entry: hair

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pull your hair out (or tear your hair out)
informal : to be very worried or upset about something

We've been tearing our hair out trying to decide what to do.

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Main Entry:hair

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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