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blow a fuse

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Verb1.blow a fuse - get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit, blow one's stack, blow up, combust
rage - feel intense anger; "Rage against the dying of the light!"


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In the long term, however, even more problematic than the now-solved safety issue is that money problems could still blow a fuse on the fish fence.
Fish fence sparks warnings by Lydecker, Ryck / BOAT/U.S. Magazine
At any point in the first round, Wallace could blow a fuse and leave Sabonis and Dale Davis as the only big men to defend Shaquille O'Neal, which would mean almost certain defeat for Portland.
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In the event of a power outage, this key feature prevents all power-outlet receptacles from turning on at once -- averting the potential for a power in-rush to blow a fuse or trip a circuit breaker in a data center.
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