have a fit

verb

To experience an epileptic seizure.

“She needs to keep her sugar level low or she'll have a fit.”

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Meanings

verbhave a fit (third-person singular simple present has a fit, present participle having a fit, simple past and past participle had a fit)

present singular third person has a fit · participle present having a fit · participle past had a fit · past had a fit

  1. idiomaticTo experience an epileptic seizure.

    She needs to keep her sugar level low or she'll have a fit.

  2. idiomaticTo become suddenly enraged.

    She'll have a fit when she finds out a younger woman got the job she was hoping for.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbget very angry and fly into a rage

Similar
flip one's lidblow upthrow a fithit the roofhit the ceilinghave kittenscombustblow one's stackfly off the handleflip one's wiglose one's temperblow a fusego ballistic
Broader
rage
Also see
blow a fuseblow one's stackblow upcombustdo one's nutflip one's lidflip one's wigfly off the handlego ballistichave kittenshit the rooflose one's temperpitch a fitthrow a fit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Māori hūkeke
  • hūkeketo have an epileptic seizure
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