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in hysterics

in hysterics prepositional phrase: laughing or celebrating very hard and unable to stop.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (informal) laughing or celebrating very hard and unable to stop.
    • Ryan had the place in hysterics by converting two spot kicks before the interval and he then produced the coup de grace with seven minutes left. The only sour note for Larne was the dismissal of Chris Gallagher, with 30 minutes left.2024 August 29, Alex Mills, “Larne headed for Conference League group stages as Andy Ryan hat-trick secures historic Play-Off joy”, in Belfast Telegraph
    Synonyms:
    in stitches

Synonyms of in hysterics

Questions about in hysterics

What does in hysterics mean?
In hysterics means laughing or celebrating very hard and unable to stop.
What part of speech is in hysterics?
In hysterics is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in hysterics in the dictionary

  1. in honor of
  2. in honour of
  3. in hospital
  4. in hot pursuit
  5. in house
  6. in hysterics
  7. in idea
  8. in ill part
  9. in increment
  10. in infinitum
  11. in irons

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