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present participle of flip (out), slang
Synonyms & Antonyms of flipping (out)
1
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
Synonyms for flipping (out)
- breaking down,
- breaking up,
- cracking,
- freaking (out),
- melting down,
- wigging (out)
- [slang]
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2
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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“Flipping (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flipping%20%28out%29. Accessed 18 Jan. 2022.
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