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Verb: throw a fit
Usage: informal
- Get very angry and fly into a rage
"The professor threw a fit when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question";
- flip one's lid [N. Amer, informal], blow up [informal], hit the roof [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: threw a fit, throwing a fit, thrown a fit, throws a fit
Type of: rage
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through
through an experiment
through and through
through bill of lading
through empirical observation
through with
throughout
throughput
throughway
throw
throw a fit
throw a spanner in the works
throw a wobbly
throw away
throw back
throw cold water on
throw in
throw in the towel
throw off
throw out
throw out of kilter
through an experiment
through and through
through bill of lading
through empirical observation
through with
throughout
throughput
throughway
throw
throw a fit
throw a spanner in the works
throw a wobbly
throw away
throw back
throw cold water on
throw in
throw in the towel
throw off
throw out
throw out of kilter