blow a fuse
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Pronunciation
Verb
blow a fuse (third-person singular simple present blows a fuse, present participle blowing a fuse, simple past blew a fuse, past participle blown a fuse)
- (electricity) To overload a circuit sufficiently that a fuse protecting it melts away (or informally a circuit breaker trips), stopping current from flowing.
- (informal) To lose one's temper; to become enraged.
- When he learned that his daughter had eloped, he blew a fuse.
Synonyms
Translations
to cause an electrical circuit to break open by overloading it
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to lose one's temper
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