fit

/fɪt/ noun

Definition

a good/loose/tight, etc fit › when something fits someone or somewhere well, loosely, tightly, etc: These shoes are a perfect fit.

SHORT EXPERIENCE [C] › a sudden, uncontrolled period of doing something or feeling something: a coughing fit I hit him in a fit of anger.

ILLNESS [C] › a short period of illness when someone cannot control their movements and becomes unconscious: to have an epileptic fit

have a fit informal › to become extremely angry: Mum had a fit when she saw the mess we'd made.

(Definition of fit noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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