blow a gasket

verb

To become very angry or upset.

“Jack blew a gasket when he saw his son's poor report card.”

Similar
blow a fuseflip one's lidfly off the handlehave a cow
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Meanings

verbblow a gasket (third-person singular simple present blows a gasket, present participle blowing a gasket, simple past blew a gasket, past participle blown a gasket)

present singular third person blows a gasket · participle present blowing a gasket · past blew a gasket · participle past blown a gasket

  1. informalTo become very angry or upset.

    Jack blew a gasket when he saw his son's poor report card.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, gasket. To cause the seal made by a gasket to fail.

    Synonyms: blow a fuse, flip one's lid, fly off the handle, have a cow

Synonyms & antonyms

verbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, gasket. To cause the seal made by a gasket to fail.

Similar
blow a fuseflip one's lidfly off the handlehave a cow
Also see
blow a fuseburst a blood vesselflip one's lidflip one's wiggo postalgo snakelose one's temper

Translations

Finnish polttaa päreensä
  • polttaa päreensäto become very angry or upset
French péter un cable, péter une durite
  • péter un cableto become very angry or upset
  • péter une duriteto become very angry or upset
Irish spréach, téigh ar mire
  • spréachto become very angry or upset
  • téigh ar mireto become very angry or upset
  • téigh ar an daoraíto become very angry or upset
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APA

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Chicago

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