tear out (one's) hair

To be extremely anxious, worried, frustrated, or stressed out about something. We've been tearing out our hair trying to figure out what's causing the server outages. The kids have been out of control all morning long—they've got me tearing out my hair!

See also: hair, out, tear

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tear (one's) hair out
be tearing (one's) hair out
be tearing your hair out
tear your hair out
tear (one's) hair
tear hair
tear one's hair
tear one's hair, to
tear your hair
tearing

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