Usually means: Become extremely upset or angry.
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  1. have a cow: Merriam-Webster
  2. have a cow: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. have a cow: Collins English Dictionary
  4. have a cow: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. have a cow: Wiktionary
  6. have a cow: Dictionary.com
  7. have a cow: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. have a cow: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. have a cow: Idioms

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  1. have a cow: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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Definitions from Wiktionary (have a cow)

▸ verb:  (colloquial) To get angry; have a fit.
▸ verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, a, cow.

Similar:
cowhide, dumbcow, cowgirl, bull, stall, chouse, wrangle, rout, cowboy, cow bite, more...

Opposite:
calm down, relax, stay cool

Phrases:
don't have a cow, dont have a cow, more...

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Similar:
cowhide, dumbcow, cowgirl, bull, stall, chouse, wrangle, rout, cowboy, cow bite, more...

Opposite:
calm down, relax, stay cool

Phrases:
don't have a cow, dont have a cow, more...



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