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Meanings of throw a fit in English

Get very angry and fly into a rage.

      Usage of throw a fit in English
      1
      The night watchman seemed like a man about to throw a fit.
      Boy Scouts in Mexico; Or, On Guard with Uncle Sam
      2
      I thought for a minute he was going to throw a fit.
      Bert Wilson in the Rockies
      3
      He would give father-in-law a chance to throw a fit, next morning.
      Cabin Fever
      4
      I thought the old guy would throw a fit, but he didn't.
      The Case and the Girl
      5
      Why, if Billy woke up and heard that he'd throw a fit.
      The Boy Scouts with the Motion Picture Players
      6
      I thought I should throw a fit when Peter told me that!
      The Whole Family: a Novel by Twelve Authors
      7
      He'd throw a fit if he knew I was here with you now.
      Wild Wings: A Romance of Youth
      8
      Her sister could throw a fit akin to a nuclear explosion.
      Street magic
      9
      He wouldn't throw a fit-hehardly ever did-buthe wouldn't give up, either.
      Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
      10
      Tell Uncle Eddie you're not serious before I throw a fit.
      Complete Books of Blood
      11
      He never could throw a fit when he wanted to.
      The Turtles of Tasman
      12
      Jimmy would throw a fit if anybody else touched it.
      At the Foot of the Rainbow
      13
      But we couldn't throw a fit, because fits were not allowed in our family.
      The Life of Me: An Autobiography
      14
      He didn't suppose she-meaning Miss Alicia-waslearned enough to make you throw a fit.
      T. Tembarom
      15
      The tabloids would throw a fit if they noticed.
      The Guardian
      16
      For epileptics cannot throw a fit at will.
      The Necessity of Atheism
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      Throw a fit through the time
      Throw a fit across language varieties
      United States of America
      Common
      United Kingdom
      Common