take a fit

Idioms  

1. see have a fit.

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Example Sentences

“You go get a new one right now. Your mama take a fit, she see you. Don’t you tell anybody. I mean it.”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Although my uncle's habit was silence, however, he would now and then take a fit of talking to me.

From Wilfrid Cumbermede by MacDonald, George

Well, learning’s a great thing; and when a gamekeeper’s son does take a fit of it, I suppose it’s all right to humour it.

From The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch by Reed, Talbot Baines

I've read about the Boy Scouts; but my mother would take a fit if she thought I was practicing to become a soldier.

From The Banner Boy Scouts Or, The Struggle for Leadership by Warren, George A.

My rupture is all well and the cure is complete, but I keep the truss on day and night because I am over 81 years old and might take a fit of sneezing.

From Cluthe's Advice to the Ruptured by Cluthe Rupture Institute