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blow a fuse

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blow a fuse 
1. to burn out the fuse on an electrical circuit and lose power. The microwave oven blew a fuse, so we had no power. You'll blow a fuse if you use too many appliances at once.
2. and blow one's fuse; blow a gasket; blow one's cork; blow one's lid; blow one's top; blow one's stack Fig. to explode with anger; to lose one's temper. Come on, don't blow a fuse. Go ahead, blow a gasket! What good will that do?
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blow a fuse/gasket  (informal)
to become very angry and shout or behave in a violent way Jim'll blow a fuse if he finds you here. When her husband realised how much she'd spent he blew a gasket.
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In the long term, however, even more problematic than the now-solved safety issue is that money problems could still blow a fuse on the fish fence.
At any point in the first round, Wallace could blow a fuse and leave Sabonis and Dale Davis as the only big men to defend Shaquille O'Neal, which would mean almost certain defeat for Portland.
In the event of a power outage, this key feature prevents all power-outlet receptacles from turning on at once -- averting the potential for a power in-rush to blow a fuse or trip a circuit breaker in a data center.
 
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