blow a fuse
/B L OW1 AH0 F Y UW0 Z/verb
- 1
To overload a circuit to the point that the fuse (or circuit breaker) protecting it triggers, opening the circuit.
- 2
To lose one's temper; to become enraged.
“When he learned that his daughter had eloped, he blew a fuse.”
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