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fly off the handle

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  • verb idiomatic to become very angry or enraged; to throw a fit or go crazy

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb get very angry and fly into a rage

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synonyms (32)

Words with the same meaning

  1. be angry
  2. be excitable
  3. bellow
  4. blow a fuse
  5. blow a gasket
  6. blow up
  7. catch fire
  8. catch the infection
  9. come apart
  10. excite easily
  11. explode
  12. fire up
  13. flame up
  14. flare up
  15. flash up
  16. flip
  17. fly out
  18. get excited
  19. go into hysterics
  20. have a tantrum
  21. hit the ceiling
  22. rage
  23. ramp
  24. rant
  25. rant and rave
  26. rave
  27. run a temperature
  28. seethe
  29. smolder
  30. storm
  31. take fire
  32. turn a hair

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. rage

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