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ausrasten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • kick off verb To begin something, especially an event, campaign or meeting.
  • snap verb To break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound.

Senses

ausrasten is used for these senses in English:

  • flip out (intransitive, slang) To become very angry or upset.
  • freak out (informal, intransitive) To react with extreme anger or fear, to the extent that one loses one's composure or behaves irrationally.
  • go postal (intransitive, chiefly, US, informal) To become aggressive and erratic, especially due to stress; specifically, to carry out a shooting spree at a workplace environment; also (more generally) to become very angry; to lose one's temper.
  • go rogue (intransitive, idiom) To defect, or to repudiate allegiance, fealty, affiliation, or membership. (For example, a spy or soldier in relation to a country; or a politician in relation to a political party; or an employee; or a club member.)
  • kick off (intransitive, UK, idiomatic, colloquial) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight; to behave aggressively.
  • snap (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.

kick off — full definition

  1. verb To begin something, especially an event, campaign or meeting.
  2. verb In football and similar sports, to start play by kicking the ball from the centre spot; as a noun, kick-off is the moment play begins.
  3. verb To lose your temper or start causing trouble, or of a situation, to erupt into a row or fight.

snap — full definition

  1. verb To break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound.
  2. verb To speak suddenly and sharply, often out of irritation.
  3. noun A quick photograph.
  4. adjective Made suddenly, without much thought or planning.

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