"pitch a fit" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "pitches a fit",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pitching a fit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pitched a fit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pitched a fit",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'd love to stay later, but my mother will pitch a fit if I'm not home by 10.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become angry, enraged, or upset; to act or react with an outburst, as by shouting, swearing, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-pitch_a_fit-en-verb-UsQW~FKG",
      "links": [
        [
          "angry",
          "angry"
        ],
        [
          "enraged",
          "enraged"
        ],
        [
          "upset",
          "upset"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "react",
          "react"
        ],
        [
          "outburst",
          "outburst"
        ],
        [
          "shout",
          "shout"
        ],
        [
          "swear",
          "swear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To become angry, enraged, or upset; to act or react with an outburst, as by shouting, swearing, etc."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "have a fit"
        },
        {
          "word": "throw a fit"
        },
        {
          "word": "pitch a tantrum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pitch a fit"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pitches a fit",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pitching a fit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pitched a fit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pitched a fit",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "pitch a fit (third-person singular simple present pitches a fit, present participle pitching a fit, simple past and past participle pitched a fit)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English verbs"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'd love to stay later, but my mother will pitch a fit if I'm not home by 10.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become angry, enraged, or upset; to act or react with an outburst, as by shouting, swearing, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "angry",
          "angry"
        ],
        [
          "enraged",
          "enraged"
        ],
        [
          "upset",
          "upset"
        ],
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "react",
          "react"
        ],
        [
          "outburst",
          "outburst"
        ],
        [
          "shout",
          "shout"
        ],
        [
          "swear",
          "swear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To become angry, enraged, or upset; to act or react with an outburst, as by shouting, swearing, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "have a fit"
    },
    {
      "word": "throw a fit"
    },
    {
      "word": "pitch a tantrum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pitch a fit"
}