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— E.E. Cummings

It is said that if the dead who died in the Great

War were placed head to feet, they would stretch

from New York to San Francisco, and from San

Francisco back again to New York; and if those

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spit the dummy

Part of Speechverb

To overreact (as an adult) to a situation, in an angry and childish manner.

In a Sentence

“He'll really spit the dummy when he hears that he's not going on that trip.”

Origin

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Synonyms

throw a tantrumthrow one's toys out of the pram

Antonyms

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Related Words

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