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raivostua — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • go off phrasal verb To speak or act with sudden intense energy — either ranting angrily or performing brilliantly. Which one is meant depends entirely on tone.

Senses

raivostua is used for these senses in English:

  • flare up (intransitive, sometimes with “out” instead of “up”) To burst out suddenly, as in anger.
  • fly into a rage To become very angry
  • freak out (informal, intransitive) To react with extreme anger or fear, to the extent that one loses one's composure or behaves irrationally.
  • go off (intransitive, figurative) To explode metaphorically; to become very angry or overexcited.
  • lose one's temper (intransitive, idiomatic) To become angry or annoyed.

go off — full definition

  1. phrasal verb To speak or act with sudden intense energy — either ranting angrily or performing brilliantly. Which one is meant depends entirely on tone.
  2. phrasal verb Of a bomb, gun or firework, to explode or be fired; of an alarm or alert, to start sounding.
  3. phrasal verb Of food or drink, to become unfit to eat through spoiling.

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