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blow a fuse en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. To overload a circuit sufficiently that a fuse protecting it melts away (or informally a circuit breaker trips), stopping current from flowing.
2. (idiomatic, informal) To lose one's temper; to become enraged.
   • When he learned that his daughter had eloped, he blew a fuse.

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Synonyms

pitch a fit · hit the ceiling · do one's nut · have a fit · blow one's stack · blow a fuse · go postal · go ballistic · crash out · wax wode · have a cow · teen · get one's dander up · lose one's marbles · go bitchcakes · throw a fit · go HAM · go apeshit · fly into a rage · blow a gasket · see red · do one's block · lower the boom · lose one's rag · flip one's wig · flip out · go ham · get one's Irish up · forget oneself · flip one's lid · Note: All terms are idiomatic unless stated otherwise. · lose it · cut up nasty · lose one's temper · blow one's top · fly off the handle · cut up rough · go ape · lose one's mind · have kittens · get one's shirt out · go bananas · vent one's gall · get one's back up · get bent out of shape · go off · go spare · steam · go H.A.M. · throw one's toys out of the pram · hit the roof · pop one's cork · lose one's cool · shit a brick

Translations (6)

fr faire sauter les plombs (to cause an electrical circuit to break open by overloading it) · cy chwythu ffiws (to cause an electrical circuit to break open by overloading it) · fr péter les plombs (to lose one's temper) · de an die Decke gehen (to lose one's temper) · ja プッツンする (to lose one's temper) · de eine Sicherung durchbrennen (to cause an electrical circuit to break open by overloading it)