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Verb: hit the roof
Usage: informal
  1. Get very angry and fly into a rage
    "The professor hit the roof 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 ceiling [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: hitting the roof, hit the roof, hits the roof

Type of: rage

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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
hit-and-run
hitch
hitch up
Hitchcock
hitcher
hitchhike