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freaking out

VERB

lose control

Synonyms

STRONGEST

go crazy lose it

WEAK

blow a gasket blow one's mind blow one's stack blow one's top break down come unglued crack up flip one's lid flip out fly off the handle go ape go ballistic go bananas go berserk go haywire go nuts go off the deep end hit the ceiling lose control of oneself lose one's composure lose one's cool lose one's mind lose one's temper wig out work oneself up

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freaking out

Nelson described a scene of hysteria, adding that one man was "freaking out, saying someone fell off".

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The bad news is that freaking out — silently or otherwise — won’t solve the problem.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

This, alas, includes me: After freaking out a little about my salad order from earlier this week, I switched to steaming-hot vegetarian noodles from a neighborhood Chinese shop.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

Speaking of running uphill: Did you have a sense during the Games of the entire world freaking out when they saw your technique for sprinting up climbs on cross-country skis?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

I should be freaking out like Dell, but I find myself mimicking Pattie's attitude.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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