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Phrase(s): have a stroke
to experience sudden unconsciousness or paralysis due to an interruption in the blood supply to the brain. (Also used as an exaggeration. See the last example.) • The patient who received an artificial heart had a stroke two days after the operation. • My great-uncle Bill— who is very old—had a stroke last May. • Calm down, Bob. Don’t have a stroke over a silly mistake.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs