flip out

Example Sentences

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“His official biographer, Edmund Morris, said to me that the only time he ever saw Ronald Reagan flip out was after he saw the movie.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023

They can become unable to handle even the slightest cognitive dissonance, leading them to flip out dramatically at being criticized, even if, objectively speaking, there is no damage the criticism can do.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2023

Such poetic abstraction risks sounding flip out of context, but the qualities of Ewart’s compositional practice made the gesture seem more like an authentic celebration of multiplicity and invention.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

Does she flow or flip out when plans start to unravel?

From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2023

I left during the fourth quarter of Coop’s game so I could come get ready for tonight, and now I’m in said sanctuary, freaking the flip out.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone