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- verb idiomatic To overreact (as an adult) to a situation childishly, in an angry or frustrated manner.
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From when babies have tantrums, they spit out any dummy that they may be sucking.
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sionnach commented on the word spit the dummy
to get very upset about something.
July 24, 2008