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hit the roof

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

    get very angry and fly into a rage

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

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  1. hit the roofverb

    to be explosively angry

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  1. hit the roof

    "Hit the roof" is an idiomatic phrase in English. It's used to express sudden and extreme anger or rage, as in, to lose one's temper spectacularly. It is typically used to describe someone's very angry reaction to a particular event or situation. For example, "When I told her about the broken vase, she hit the roof."

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hit the roof in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hit the roof in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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