English Explanatory Dictionary

hit the roof

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be explosively angry; to lose one's temper.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, the, roof.

Pronunciation

en-au-hit the roof.ogg

Word forms

hit the roof hits the roof hitting the roof

Synonyms

hit the ceiling go ballistic blow one's top flip out go ape go apeshit lose it lose one's rag pop one's cork

Related words

scrape someone off the ceiling
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