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FLY OFF THE HANDLE

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There is 1 meaning of the phrase Fly Off The Handle.

Fly Off The Handle - as a verb

Get very angry and fly into a rage

Example: "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
blow a fuseblow one's stackblow upcombust13flip one's lidflip one's wiggo ballistichave a fithave kittenshit the ceilinghit the rooflose one's temperthrow a fit

Example Sentences

"I didn't mean to make her fly off the handle, but my comment really angered her."
"My boss tends to fly off the handle whenever something goes wrong in the office."
"She had a tendency to fly off the handle over the smallest of issues."
"I've seen him fly off the handle before, so I'm always careful with my words around him."
"He tends to fly off the handle when someone criticizes his work."
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