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blow a fuse

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables
blow a -fuse
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To overload a circuit sufficiently that a fuse protecting it melts away (or informally a circuit breaker trips), stopping current from flowing.

verb

To lose one's temper; to become enraged.

Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

blows a fuse (present, singular) blowing a fuse (participle, present) blew a fuse (past) blown a fuse (participle, past)

Synonyms

Note: All terms are idiomatic unless stated otherwise. blow a fuse blow a gasket blow one's stack blow one's top crash out cut up nasty cut up rough do one's block do one's nut flip one's lid flip one's wig

Questions

What does blow a fuse mean?
To overload a circuit sufficiently that a fuse protecting it melts away (or informally a circuit breaker trips), stopping current from flowing.

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