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blow a fuse definition


and blow (one's) fuse; blow a gasket; blow (one's) cork; blow (one's) lid; blow (one's) top; blow (one's) stack
  1. tv.
    to explode with anger; to lose one's temper. : Go ahead, blow a gasket! What good will that do? , Crunk! I so blew my top!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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top definition


  1. tv.
    to surpass someone or something. : Can you top this one?
  2. tv.
    to kill someone. : Spike was gonna top Bart first.
  3. n.
    the first half of a baseball inning. : Wilbur hit a nice double-bagger in the top half of the fourth.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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blow one's top

  1. Also, . Fly into a rage; lose one's composure. For example, If she calls about this one more time I'm going to blow my top, or Warren is generally very easy-going, but today he blew his stack. The top here has been likened to the top of an erupting volcano; the stack alludes to a smokestack. [Slang; first half of 1900s]

  2. Go crazy, become insane, as in When she regains consciousness, she just may blow her top. [Slang; first half of 1900s] Also see flip one's lid.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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