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Verb: hit the ceiling
Usage: informal
  1. Get very angry and fly into a rage
    "The professor hit the ceiling when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";
    - flip one's lid [N. Amer, informal], blow up [informal], throw a fit [informal], hit the roof [informal], have a fit [informal], blow one's stack [N. Amer, informal], fly off the handle [informal], flip one's wig [US, informal], lose one's temper, blow a fuse [informal], go ballistic [informal], go mental [informal], blow a gasket [informal], blow one's top [informal], go off the deep end [informal], go ape [informal]

Derived forms: hit the ceiling, hitting the ceiling, hits the ceiling

Type of: rage

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hit it off
hit it up
hit list
hit man
hit on
hit out
hit parade
hit squad
hit the books
hit the bottle
hit the ceiling
hit the deck
hit the dirt
hit the hay
hit the jackpot
hit the road
hit the roof
hit the sack
hit the spot
hit the trail
hit-and-miss