fighting mad
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Finally, writers may be mild-mannered, but everyone likes to get fighting mad once in a while.
From Economist ● Sep. 21, 2017
On May 12, 1979, a Reds pitcher named Frank Pastore was fighting mad.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2012
Now the weary wrinkles had left his brown eyes; the sag was gone from his padded cheeks; he was as fighting mad as a peaceable man can get.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The local American Veterans Committee chapter, fighting mad, slapped a 60-man picket line around Mike's property, hired a lawyer to fight the eviction.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He was fighting mad, looking from face to face, his red head bristling, but no one answered his challenge.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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