have a fit
Example Sentences
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So I continued with my own research, calling someone I was sure would have a fit about the idea: Los Angeles County Hispanic Republican Club President David Hernandez.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
“I witnessed grown men have a fit like a 6-year-old because a staff member wouldn’t let them use their cellphone.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2022
Second, Gates argued, our allies would have a fit.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2022
Rewrite too much, and Fitzgeraldophiles have a fit.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2017
The children remembered Mr. Poe because he always had a cold and was constantly excusing himself from the table to have a fit of coughing in the next room.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
