1
as in melted down
to yield to mental or emotional stress
a movie about a submarine captain who flips out when there's an emergency, leaving the crew to deal with it on their own
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2
as in had a fit
to become very angry
when my wife saw that I had broken her great-grandmother's vase, she absolutely flipped out
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flipped (out)
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Stolen Louvre loot worth $102 million may be melted down.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025 -
Stolen Louvre loot worth $102 million may be melted down.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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Their new trend report breaks down destinations gaining the most buzz – and a few American getaways cracked the list of international gems.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Through it all, the banking world is still painting a picture of an economy that hasn’t cracked yet.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Car buyers may face elevated prices and a shortage of some vehicles due to a supply chain snarled by tariffs and challenges accessing crucial materials, some industry experts told ABC News.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Air travel was snarled during the more than month-long government shutdown that ended in January 2019, hours after a shortfall of air traffic controllers disrupted flights in the New York area.—
Lillian Rizzo,Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Her visits to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which its nearest neighbors see as an homage to Japan’s past wartime aggressions, have also angered both of those nations.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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One of the first things Kelly did was choose not to retain longtime strength coach Tommy Moffitt, which angered people around here at the time.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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The figure of Achilles, a warrior who singlehandedly choked a river with dead enemies before taking on the river god himself, provided a model for Alexander the Great and persists in contemporary popular entertainment, political speech, and military culture in celebrations of shock and awe.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday, a vehicle breakdown on the westbound upper deck choked the morning commute into Marin.—
Adrian Rodriguez,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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The pair also snapped a sweet photo together at the reception, both smiling ear to ear for the shot.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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In some images snapped inside the event, Gellar topped off her look with a polished black blazer.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Instead, Tennessee's gamble blew up in its face.—
Jacob Camenker,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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Originally free and meant for neighborhood children, the attraction blew up in popularity, so the family took it commercial in 2016, setting up in a shopping mall parking lot.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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New Amy spent the first season being glared at by most of the staff, because Old Amy was 10 times worse than that colleague who keeps reheating fish in the microwave.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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Perry glared back at them but did not reply.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Flipped (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flipped%20%28out%29. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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