throw a fit
Example Sentences
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Did you know our Sun can throw a fit - just like a toddler high on sugar?
From Space Scoop ● Nov. 19, 2025
Some parkgoers, of course, might throw a fit over the potential for beavers to dam up waterways.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2023
Maybe Rachel Berry would throw a fit if her performance was ineligible for a Tony Award, but present-day Lea Michele insists that she isn’t bothered.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2022
Sometimes they throw a fit and knock over the grocery end caps, sending soup cans and cracker boxes tumbling into the aisles.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2020
We call it walking high, and even if we haven't been going on any dangerous quests lately, so the Fair Gwen won't have to throw a fit, Freak hasn't exactly given up on slaying dragons.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
