Usually means: Lose temper suddenly and violently.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. fly off the handle: Merriam-Webster
  2. fly off the handle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fly off the handle: Collins English Dictionary
  4. fly off the handle: Vocabulary.com
  5. fly off the handle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. fly off the handle: Wiktionary
  7. fly off the handle: Dictionary.com
  8. fly off the handle: Rhymezone
  9. fly off the handle: FreeDictionary.org
  10. fly off the handle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. fly off the handle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. fly off the handle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. fly off the handle: Encyclopedia

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  1. fly off the handle: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fly off the handle: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (fly off the handle)

verb:  (colloquial) To become very angry or enraged; to throw a fit or go crazy.

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