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
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
Sometimes they throw a fit and knock over the grocery end caps, sending soup cans and cracker boxes tumbling into the aisles.
From Salon • Oct. 5, 2020
Instead of redirecting their daughter, they bark at her to stop whatever it is she’s doing, and there are never any consequences for her actions because my niece would throw a fit if there were.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2020
Why not just let her throw a fit?
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
