throw a fit

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throw a fit (third-person singular simple present throws a fit, present participle throwing a fit, simple past threw a fit, past participle thrown a fit)

  1. (idiomatic) To become angry, enraged, or upset; to act or react with an outburst, as by shouting, swearing, etc.
    I'd love to stay later, but my mother will throw a fit if I'm not home by 10.
    He will throw a fit if his car breaks down.
    • 2003, Patterson Hood, Heathens:
      Something about the wrinkle in your forehead tells me there's a fit about to get thrown.

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