FLY OFF THE HANDLE

• (verb) get very angry and fly into a rage

  "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question", "Spam makes me go ballistic"

  synonyms : blow a fuse , lose one's temper , hit the roof , hit the ceiling , have kittens , have a fit , go ballistic , flip one's wig , flip one's lid , combust , blow up , blow one's stack , throw a fit

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