verb
get very angry and fly into a rage
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The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question
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Spam makes me go ballistic
• Syn:
↑blow up, ↑throw a fit, ↑hit the roof, ↑hit the ceiling, ↑have kittens, ↑have a fit, ↑combust, ↑blow one's stack, ↑fly off the handle, ↑flip one's wig, ↑lose one's temper, ↑blow a fuse, ↑go ballistic
• Hypernyms: ↑rage
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s PP
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phrasal also flip one's stack or flip one's top slang : to lose self-control : become furiously angry
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flip one's lid (informal)
To go mad
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Main Entry: ↑flip
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flip one's lid see under ↑flip
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Main Entry: ↑lid
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flip one's lid (or one's wig)
informal suddenly become deranged or lose one's self-control
Useful english dictionary. 2012.