blow your top
Explode in anger
To blow your top is to lose your temper suddenly and explosively, often with shouting or visible anger: When he saw the dent in his car, he completely blew his top.
The image is of pressure building until it erupts violently, like steam escaping.
Sometimes appears as blow your stack or blow your lid.
- explodeBurst with sudden force
- eruptBurst out suddenly
- rageIntense, violent anger
- go ballisticLose temper violently
- furiousExtremely angry
tantrum · outburst · meltdown · fly off the handle · seething · snap · lose it · volcano · steam · fume · boiling · temper · short fuse · screaming · red-faced · vein · pulsing · lid
- anger expressionssee red, seeing red, hit the roof, fly off the handle, hopping mad
- outburstsoutburst, burst, eruption, tantrum, meltdown
blow your topkeep your cool
Maintain emotional control
bite your tongue · grin and bear it · stay calm · keep your head · keep a cool head
blow your topchill out
Become calm and relaxed
calm down · relax · mellow out · simmer down · cool off
blow, blows, blew, blown, blowing, blower, your, yours, yourself