flip the lid

A form of flip one's lid — To become explosively angry, to lose one's temper.

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Meanings

verbflip the lid (third-person singular simple present flips the lid, present participle flipping the lid, simple past and past participle flipped the lid)

present singular third person flips the lid · participle present flipping the lid · participle past flipped the lid · past flipped the lid

  1. alternativeAlternative form of flip one's lid.

    Drag him out your window Dragging out the dead Singing "I miss you" Snakes and ladders Flip the lid

    2003, “A Wolf at the Door”, in Hail to the Thief, performed by Radiohead
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APA

flip the lid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flip%20the%20lid

MLA

“flip the lid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flip%20the%20lid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flip the lid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flip%20the%20lid.

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