fly off the handle

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fly off the handle Meaning of "fly off the handle"

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Definition(s):

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

Synonym(s)

blow one's stack, blow up, combust, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, go ballistic

Usage(s):

  1. If he was about to fly off the handle, you just never knew.
  2. Unlike his easygoing partner, Ted Schroeder is apt to be moody, quick to fly off the handle.
  3. I don't fly off the handle, or yell or scream.
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