have a fit
Example Sentences
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“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
“We will be looking to have a fit with someone who is going to probably be a little more in-tuned with the evolving change and landscape in college athletics,” Anderson said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2022
“Who’d have a fit? Nobody but Alfred, and I didn’t know you’d gotten afraid of him yet! I say, just let’s! We’ll have a race, and then come right back.”
From Slate • Nov. 25, 2018
Later he asked detectives: "Can I just say for the scenario - if it was an accident, and if he did have a fit in my place, is that still my fault?"
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2016
She had never spoken to a white person this way before; Mama would have a fit if she could hear her.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
