"hit the fan" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-hit the fan.ogg Forms: hits the fan [present, singular, third-person], hitting the fan [participle, present], hit the fan [participle, past], hit the fan [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> the fan}} hit the fan (third-person singular simple present hits the fan, present participle hitting the fan, simple past and past participle hit the fan)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To have a dramatic, usually negative, effect. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Related terms: shit show, shitstorm, shower of shit, shit happens
    Sense id: en-hit_the_fan-en-verb-7v5kafA- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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