throw a fit
Example Sentences
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Did you know our Sun can throw a fit - just like a toddler high on sugar?
From Space Scoop • Nov. 19, 2025
Some parkgoers, of course, might throw a fit over the potential for beavers to dam up waterways.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2023
"We get what we get, we don't throw a fit, and you just figure out ways to make it work."
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2022
Maybe Rachel Berry would throw a fit if her performance was ineligible for a Tony Award, but present-day Lea Michele insists that she isn’t bothered.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022
We call it walking high, and even if we haven't been going on any dangerous quests lately, so the Fair Gwen won't have to throw a fit, Freak hasn't exactly given up on slaying dragons.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
