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blow a gasket
verb as in flip one's wig
verb as in flip out
verb as in freak out
Weak matches
- 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
verb as in go crazy
Weak matches
- blow one's mind
- blow one's stack
- blow one's top
- crack up
- flip one's lid
- flip out
- fly off the handle
- go ballistic
- go bananas
- go batty
- go berserk
- go bonkers
- go buggy
- go cuckoo
- go daffy
- go haywire
- go kooky
- go loco
- go loony
- go mental
- go nuts
- go nutty
- go off one's rocker
- go off the deep end
- go off the wall
- go psycho
- go wacko
- go wacky
- lose control of oneself
- lose one's cool
- lose one's mind
- wig out
verb as in hit the ceiling
verb as in wig out
Example Sentences
Dad would blow a gasket if he knew I was considering using it, but I’m outta options here.
If you ever played around with classic chat bot like Eliza, you know how many leagues ahead this program is, not just in its ability to understand a query and respond to it appropriately, but also to generate something so seemingly creative on demand—well, that little poem impressed me far more than the time I witnessed an IBM computer cause then-world-chess-champion Garry Kasparov to blow a gasket.
Consider leaving early in the day to build in time for unforeseen circumstances, but don’t become so fixated on a departure time that you blow a gasket when you inevitably miss it.
“You don’t want to blow a gasket out there.”
Does Graham blow a gasket with Democratic tactics like he did two years ago?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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