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fly off the handle

 
Verb fly off the handle has 1 sense
  1. flip one's lid, 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 - 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"
    --1 is one way to rage
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
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