have a fit

Example Sentences

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"My objective is to have a fit squad going into the big games, the play-off games, and, in that respect, we were able to do that by utilising the squad and the youngsters."

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

“We will be looking to have a fit with someone who is going to probably be a little more in-tuned with the evolving change and landscape in college athletics,” Anderson said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2022

“Who’d have a fit? Nobody but Alfred, and I didn’t know you’d gotten afraid of him yet! I say, just let’s! We’ll have a race, and then come right back.”

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2018

“My people would have a fit if they see me down here. ‘Not him, Mr. Straitlaced himself,’” Hill said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2015

The children remembered Mr. Poe because he always had a cold and was constantly excusing himself from the table to have a fit of coughing in the next room.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket