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fly off the handle
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(Definition of fly off the handle from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Becoming angry and expressing anger
Synonyms and related words:
- (almost) burst a blood vessel idiom
- ballistic adjective
- bananas adjective
- bay for blood idiom
- be after sb's blood idiom
- boil verb (BE ANGRY)
- fray verb (BECOME ANNOYED)
- fume verb
- get bent out of shape idiom
- get your knickers in a twist idiom
- go ape idiom
- go nuts idiom
- growl verb
- resent verb
- sb's blood is up idiom
- see red idiom
- seethe verb (FEEL ANGER)
- snap verb (BREAK)
- spare adjective (ANNOYED)
- stew verb
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