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hit the ceiling

See: hit the roof

See also: ceiling, hit

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LAPD Chief William Bratton hit the ceiling when the usual-suspect police critics pounded the department for the videotaped apparent beating of William Cardenas and the pepper-spraying of transient Benjamin Barker.

CHIEF SHOULD BE LAST WORD ON DISCIPLINE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

My knees hit the ceiling and I crawled toward the port side, hoping to abort a complete rollover.

She Did It! by BOAT/U.S. Magazine

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard said: "It's clear to us that we hit the ceiling in our industry.

Recovery seen to be returning to Ventura County by Mullen, Liz / Los Angeles Business Journal

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