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Furious, enraged, as in I've been waiting for two hours and am fit to be tied. This expression implies anger so extreme that it requires physical restraint. [Late 1800s]
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fitten, fitter, fitting, fitting room, Fittipaldi, fit to be tied, fit to kill, fittonia, fit up, Fitzgerald, FitzGerald contraction
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