blow one's top

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blow one's top

verb blows one's top · blowing one's top · blew one's top · blown one's top · blow one's lid · blow one's stack

  1. figuratively, slang To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper. When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he just blew his top.

    Similar: go ape, go apeshit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, lose it, lose one's rag, lose one's temper, pop one's cork

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@misc{blow_one_s_top_2026,
  title = {blow one's top},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blow%20one's%20top},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}