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flips one's lid

flips one's lid is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flip one's lid.

Meaning of flip one's lid

Verb

flip one's lid (third-person singular simple present flips one's lid, present participle flipping one's lid, simple past and past participle flipped one's lid)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To become explosively angry, to lose one's temper.
    • Wait, you'll see. Three hours on a night like this is enough to make you flip your lid.1948, Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead, New York; Toronto: Rinehart & Company, page 113

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Flips one's lid is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flip one's lid.

Words near flips one's lid in the dictionary

  1. flips
  2. flips a bitch
  3. flips burgers
  4. flips off
  5. flips on its head
  6. flips one's lid
  7. flips one's shit
  8. flips one's wig
  9. flips out
  10. flips over
  11. flips shit

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