take a fit

Idioms  

1. see have a fit.

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Example Sentences

“You go get a new one right now. Your mama take a fit, she see you. Don’t you tell anybody. I mean it.”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Well, learning’s a great thing; and when a gamekeeper’s son does take a fit of it, I suppose it’s all right to humour it.

From The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch by Reed, Talbot Baines

Although my uncle's habit was silence, however, he would now and then take a fit of talking to me.

From Wilfrid Cumbermede by MacDonald, George

But perhaps when you see Miss O'Hara and Miss O'Flynn you'll take a fit of shyness.

From The Rebel of the School by Meade, L. T.

With a half wail, half shriek, her knees gave way under her, and she sank on the floor wriggling as if about to take a fit.

From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone