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blow a fuse verb

  • (electricity) To overload a circuit sufficiently that a fuse protecting it melts away (or informally a circuit breaker trips), stopping current from flowing.
 faire sauter les plombs
  • (informal) To lose one's temper; to become enraged.
 péter les plombs
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