throw a fit
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Did you know our Sun can throw a fit - just like a toddler high on sugar?
From Space Scoop • Nov. 19, 2025
Maybe Rachel Berry would throw a fit if her performance was ineligible for a Tony Award, but present-day Lea Michele insists that she isn’t bothered.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022
“It’s the second time we’ve had to do this with grown men who don’t get their way and want to pout and throw a fit and act up,” he said.
From Washington Post • May 19, 2022
Sometimes they throw a fit and knock over the grocery end caps, sending soup cans and cracker boxes tumbling into the aisles.
From Salon • Oct. 5, 2020
“Jumper’s liable to throw a fit with that hide rattling along behind him, and you might not can hold him by yourself.”
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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