Blow a fuse

verb

Definitions

1.verbTo overload a circuit to the point that the fuse (or circuit breaker) protecting it triggers, opening the circuit.

2.verbTo lose one's temper; to become enraged.

"When he learned that his daughter had eloped, he blew a fuse."

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