wigs (out)

present tense third-person singular of wig (out), slang
as in melts down
to yield to mental or emotional stress with her claustrophobia, it wouldn't take a day for her to wig out on a submarine

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Verb
  • For example, Harvard barely cracks the top 30.
    Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Video of Bo Nix‘s rookie season plays on an endless loop — until, at last, someone cracks the code.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
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  • Hybrid-resilient architecture—local backups that can kick in like muscle memory when the cloud chokes.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • On the ground, there’s a war of grappling, chokes, and limb breaks, and Oliveira is one of the best to ever fight it.
    Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
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  • Their process uses an inexpensive catalyst that selectively breaks down the most common single-use kind of plastics into liquid oils and waxes that can be upcycled into lubricants and fuels.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
  • If a vehicle breaks down on the road, going out and servicing that is a big problem.
    James Morris, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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  • Needless to say, Bobby breaks up with her later.
    Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Wigs (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigs%20%28out%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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