Throw a Fit

What it means

React with sudden loud anger, out of proportion to whatever caused it.

Where it comes from

A fit once meant a genuine seizure or sudden attack of illness, and still does in medicine. The angry sense borrows the involuntary part, which flatters whoever is having one.

The puzzle it came from

Throw a Fit was the answer to the Phrasicle of December 1, 2025. The clue read ____ a ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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