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HIT THE ROOF

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Dictionary entry overview: What does hit the roof mean?

• HIT THE ROOF (verb)
The verb HIT THE ROOF has 1 sense:

1. get very angry and fly into a rage

Familiarity information: HIT THE ROOF used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HIT THE ROOF (verb)

Sense 1

hit the roof ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Get very angry and fly into a rage

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

blow a fuse; lose one's temper; hit the roof; hit the ceiling; have kittens; have a fit; go ballistic; fly off the handle; flip one's wig; flip one's lid; blow one's stack; throw a fit; combust; blow up

Context examples:

The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question / Spam makes me go ballistic

Hypernyms (to "hit the roof" is one way to...):

rage (feel intense anger)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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