blow one's top

blow one's top
to be explosively angry. To lose ones temper

When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he just blew his top.

Syn: go ape, go apeshit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, lose it, lose ones rag, lose ones temper

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  • blow one's top — ► blow one s top informal lose one s temper. Main Entry: ↑blow …   English terms dictionary

  • blow\ one's\ top — v. phr. To become very excited, angry, hysterical, or furious. No need to blow your top, Al, his wife said, just because you lost a few dollars. See: blow a fuse, blow one s top , blow one s stack …   Словарь американских идиом

  • blow one's top (or chiefly N. Amer. lid or stack) — informal lose one s temper. → blow …   English new terms dictionary

  • blow one's top (off) — • blow (one s top (off)) v. become angry or upset …   English slang

  • blow one's top — phrasal or blow one s lid or blow one s stack slang : to lose control of oneself: a. : to become furiously angry : be incoherent with rage b. : to go crazy : become insa …   Useful english dictionary

  • blow one's top — or blow one s stack phrasal 1. to become violently angry 2. to go crazy …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • blow one's top — {v. phr.} To become very excited, angry, hysterical, or furious. * / No need to blow your top, Al, his wife said, just because you lost a few dollars. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • blow one's top — {v. phr.} To become very excited, angry, hysterical, or furious. * / No need to blow your top, Al, his wife said, just because you lost a few dollars. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • blow one’s top — Go to blow a fuse …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • blow one's top — explode in anger, lose one s temper, go into a rage …   English contemporary dictionary

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