fly off the handle

Verb
  1. Get very angry and fly into a rage (synset 201799439)
    "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
    is a type of: rage - feel intense anger
    same as: blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, combust, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit

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