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Jenne Phuong
2021-10-29 08:10
Pitch a fit American informal
The verbs "throw" and "have" can be substituted for the verb "pitch".
To become irrationally angry or irritated; to act or react with verbal outbursts like shouting, screaming, or swearing, etc.
She usually pitches a fit when her boyfriend forgets to pick her up.
I began to pitch a fit when she continuously asked silly questions.
Rose is pitching a fit because someone has left a scratch on her car.
The verb "pitch" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Digital records show that the earliest variant to appear is "have a fit". This expression appears back as far as the 1600s.
Fit likely comes from medical convulsions, such as those from epilepsy. In the past, people may have mistaken these physical ailments for mental problems.
By around the year 1900, "throw a fit" started to appear as a synonym. Perhaps this is because one definition of "throw" is to cause to enter a specific condition.
In the later part of the 1900s, "pitch" began to appear as a substitute for "throw". Probably this is because "pitch" and "throw" are synonyms in the sense of throwing a ball.
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