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Phrase(s): freak out (over someone or something) [and] freak out (at someone or something)
to become very angry or lose control of one’s mind because of someone or something that has happened. • I absolutely freaked out over the whole business! • Don’t freak out at me!, Phrase(s): freak out (on something)
to lose control of one’s mind because of something, usually a drug. • She freaked out on the stuff she was smoking. • She took some funny little pills and freaked out immediately., Phrase(s): freak out (at someone or something)
Go to freak out (over someone or something)., Phrase(s): freak someone out
to shock or disorient someone. • The whole business freaked me out. • I didn’t mean to freak out everybody with the bad news.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Experience or cause to experience hallucinations, paranoia, or other frightening feelings as a result of taking a mind-altering drug. For example, They were freaking out on LSD or some other drug. [Slang; mid-1960s] 2. Behave or cause to behave irrationally and uncontrollably, with enthusiasm, excitement, fear, or madness. For example, The band's wild playing made the audience freak out, or It was such a close accident, it really freaked me out, or She freaked out and ended up in the psychiatric ward. [Slang; 1960s] Also see FLIP ONE'S LID; WIG OUT.
American Heritage Idioms