See flip one's wig on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "A variation of flip one's lid.",
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},
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"(idiomatic, informal) To become very angry."
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"word": "blow one's wig"
},
{
"word": "flip one's lid"
},
{
"word": "flip out"
},
{
"word": "lose one's temper"
},
{
"word": "blow one's top"
},
{
"word": "blow a gasket"
}
],
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{
"ref": "1959, Billy Wilder, Some Like It Hot, spoken by Joe (Tony Curtis):",
"text": "You've flipped your wig!",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To act in an irrational manner or appear to be temporarily insane."
],
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"(idiomatic, informal) To act in an irrational manner or appear to be temporarily insane."
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "go bananas"
},
{
"word": "go nuts"
},
{
"word": "go ape"
},
{
"word": "go off the deep end"
}
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"etymology_text": "A variation of flip one's lid.",
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"To become very angry."
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"(idiomatic, informal) To become very angry."
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"word": "blow one's wig"
},
{
"word": "flip one's lid"
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{
"word": "flip out"
},
{
"word": "lose one's temper"
},
{
"word": "blow one's top"
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{
"word": "blow a gasket"
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"ref": "1959, Billy Wilder, Some Like It Hot, spoken by Joe (Tony Curtis):",
"text": "You've flipped your wig!",
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],
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"To act in an irrational manner or appear to be temporarily insane."
],
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"manner",
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],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "go bananas"
},
{
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},
{
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{
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