English

Alternative forms

• hit the ceiling
• go ballistic

Verb

hit the roof ‎(third-person singular simple present hits the roof, present participle hitting the roof, simple past and past participle hit the roof)

1. (idiomatic) To be explosively angry; to lose one's temper.

   When I found out he wrecked my brand-new car, I hit the roof.

Synonyms

• blow one's top, flip out, go ape, go apeshit, lose it, lose one's rag, pop one's cork

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