hit the ceiling

Verb

Meaning

get very angry and fly into a rage

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Synonyms

blow up combust blow a fuse hit the roof fly off the handle have a fit go ballistic throw a fit lose one's temper blow one's stack flip one's lid flip one's wig lose it rage explode

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Antonyms

chill out control ease relax chill unwind

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Hypernyms

rage

Examples

The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question Source: Internet

Spam makes me go ballistic Source: Internet

At a certain point, you hit the ceiling on food that is organically black and white so then we’re dyeing hamburgers and hot dogs and putting extra flour in the buns. Source: Internet

Those figures will have left southern Greens wondering whether they have hit the ceiling for local support, or if there is more they can do to grow their party vote tally in 2023. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hit the buffers hit the bull's-eye hit the button hit the century mark hit the deck hit the dirt